Smoking and Fascism: Fairhaven, the River pointed out that the New York City smoker who commented on fascism being dressed in a white coat and stethoscope may be more correct than he knows. To prove it he sent along a fascinating article on Hitler and tobacco. The author of the article felt obliged to add this little politically correct qualifier at the end:

That does not mean, however, that antismoking movements are inherently fascist; it means simply that scientific memories are often clouded by the celebrations of victors and that the political history of science is occasionally less pleasant than we would wish.