In 1941, Cuba gave Churchill a cabinet of cigars, and the British government was not at ease, took out 47 and sent them to MI5 for inspection, three of which found foreign bodies, injected and smoked two mice, and all died.
Churchill, everyone should be familiar with this name, it was under Churchill's leadership that Britain finally defeated the German Nazis and won the Second World War. It is precisely because of this that the British have great admiration for him, and the top officials of many countries want to befriend him.
The British prime minister's biggest hobby is cigar smoking, according to statistics, Churchill smoked at least 15 cigars a day. Whenever it was a picture of Churchill, he would smoke a cigar or a cigar.
Although Dr. Lynch, who accompanied him, warned him many times that it was not safe to smoke too much, and as a British prime minister, he should pay more attention to his body so that he could lead the British people to live better, but Churchill did not think so, and directly said: If I don't smoke, I'd rather not be prime minister.
There is no way, in order to ensure Churchill's safety, each of his cigars must be tested by British intelligence and blogger Lynch, and after heavy protection, Churchill can smoke his own cigars, which is not an easy task, Churchill has complained more than once that his people are making a fuss, asking to cancel this link so that he can smoke enough.
In May 1941, Cuba shipped 2,400 cigars from the capital, Havana, across the mountains and across the ocean to Britain.
These cigars are of excellent condition and expensive, and even the cabinets where the cigars are stored are of the finest mahogany, and the overall workmanship is extremely exquisite.
Churchill was ecstatic when he learned about it, but he only thanked Cuba. At the same time, Churchill did not forget to let people take a picture of himself and put it in, and the photo was accompanied by his autograph. After receiving this, the Cuban mission could only return to its country in discouragement.
At that time, Cubans respected Churchill and wanted to take this opportunity to strengthen relations between the two countries. However, senior British cadres disagreed, as evidenced by Churchill's answer. Churchill looked at the fine cigar and couldn't help but want to taste it, but was stopped by his staff.
The cigar was not covered in Churchill's hand before it was taken away by MI5, Churchill was very upset, but he could not lose his temper in front of the banquet, and after returning to the Prime Minister's residence, Churchill had to give MI5 an ultimatum, asking MI5 to send the cigar back as soon as possible after the review.
Dr. Lynch reminded: "You can't draw after the review, I still have to do the test." ”
Churchill rolled his eyes in anger, but helpless, because his life was British, not his own.
Churchill's addiction to cigars was a means of asserting authority and personality. He believes that cigar smoking can help relieve stress, improve thinking skills, and serve as a way to communicate with people and build relationships. When making important decisions or discussions, he often lights a cigar to keep himself focused and calm.
Professor Lynch did find three impurities in the cigar, which contained mouse and insect droppings, as well as some starch. To be cautious, he conducted an injection test on mice, and two mice died.
However, Professor Lynch did not immediately tell others about the incident, after all, the matter involved the relationship between Cuba and the United Kingdom, so Professor Lynch decided to dissect the two mice for research.
Soon the other two dead rats were also confirmed after dissection, and their deaths had nothing to do with cigarettes, and the professor was relieved. When Dr. Lynch decided to tell Churchill the test results, he found that Churchill had smoked the cigars a month earlier.
And when Churchill and the British National Defense Committee discussed whether to help the Soviet Union, he also specially distributed these cigars to everyone in the room.
In order not to discourage Churchill, they accompanied Churchill to smoke a cigar while discussing Soviet affairs, fortunately, they did not get sick from this matter.
But Professor Lynch did not forget to report the results of his experiment, and Churchill did not express anger when he learned of it, but what the parliamentarians who were meeting with him at the time did not know what was in their minds.
Churchill's lifetime consumption of cigars, converted into yuan, is at least 75 million yuan, which is only the cost of cigars. This shows that Churchill really couldn't do without cigars.
Although Churchill spent his whole life with cigars, his body did not seem to be much damaged, and his liver and lungs were hardly damaged until he died at the age of ninety due to cirrhosis of the cerebral arteries.
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