Are you looking forward to smoke-free England?
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Are you looking forward to smoke-free England?
Great news that Alan Johnston seems to be alive and well. However, I was surprised that following Alan's appeal you broadcast the message from the Islamic organisation holding him, which to me seems as though some deal is being done between the bbc and this organisation viz: his release is conditional upon your broadcasting their message.
I've no problem with this personally, and think in the interests of balance that such groups should have their message broadcast, but in this case......
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I don't know wether to laugh or cry at some of the comments on ....... Again the ignorance of these inconsiderate dumb people shines through. ......effected them in an unpleasant way.
People do things that affect me in an unpleasent way all the time, ie: Drive their car and puff fumes in my face, leave their stinky kebabs on my doorstep after a night out, p*issing on said doorstep, swearing in public, the list goes on. But I have tolerance, and so I tell them off, but I dont ridicule them.
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It won't affect me, really. I don't go into pubs much at all as they're either full of drunk kids or drunk adults. Either way, a room full of p***heads isn't my idea of fun.
What's that? Not all people in pubs are p***heads? You're offended? Diddums.
Not all smokers are selfish people, and I quite resent the implication- I don't smoke around non smokers, and I don't intend to. However, I might start considering your attitudes. Not all Germans were Nazis, you know.
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I'm looking forward to seeing the first 'smug' non-smoker getting a smack in the mush. It will be a better rush than smoking.
Jabba DeHutt
Unlikely! We non-smokers are a damn sight fitter than you smoke-addled wimps!
Peter Thompson,
Most the smokers I know would still give a non smoker a good kicking
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Where's John 'slitty eyes' Chan today then?
Has he nothing to say on the subject?
Come on slitty, give us a laugh!
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Are you mad? I believe the sequence of events was I called you a muppet, you responding with a thinly veiled threat of violence, to which I then responded. Playing the victim card ALL the time? Classic bully, no wonder you support the BNP.
LiberalLeft AndProud,
Caught, hook, line and sinker, mind you, I bet it was you that got my alto ego BNPRIGHTANDPROUD expelled from HYS.
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The BBC is one of the most unbiased media outlets in the world. The only person with a political axe to grind is yourself. Anyone who looks at your postings can see this. You turn any topic into what you want.
leftwing lefty, United Kingdom
An extreme left winger telling me the BBC is unbiased.
I think that's all the proof we need.
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You poor naive little kid.
It is EXACTLY because they're publicly funded, that we should demand they act with a modicum of impartiality. Not this dire left wing cesspit we now have.
The BBC has a POLITICAL axe to grind. Which is far worse than a commercial one.
The Elitist
The BBC is one of the most unbiased media outlets in the world. The only person with a political axe to grind is yourself. Anyone who looks at your postings can see this. You turn any topic into what you want.
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This is typical of this tax it or ban it government. I can't go hunting anymore, can't smoke in the boozer and can't afford to buy nowt as all me spare dosh goes to that b*****d Brown.
David Andrews, Derby, United Kingdom
Did they ban education for you as well?
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At least the BBC is publicly funded and is a public service media outlet. Unlike Sky, Virgin TV, Telewest, and commercial radio and television. The BBC has no commercial axe to grind.
Mark Quested, Maidstone, United Kingdom
You poor naive little kid.
It is EXACTLY because they're publicly funded, that we should demand they act with a modicum of impartiality. Not this dire left wing cesspit we now have.
The BBC has a POLITICAL axe to grind. Which is far worse than a commercial one.
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I came to England to escape the Taleban.
It's starting to feel like they followed me here.
Omar Ceqshul, Man, Oman
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Really? You don't think this is overeacting just a little?
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No you will smell of urine and vomit!
Ever think why smoking in bars became popular in the first place?
James O'Hare, Leeds, United Kingdom
To stop us urinating and vomiting?
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Smoking is disgusting, why do they think they have the right to poison my air?
I had "relations" with a BBC moderators mum and she squealed like a piggy.
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I came to England to escape the Taleban.
It's starting to feel like they followed me here.
Omar Ceqshul, Man, Oman
I think some did follow you here, but have returned home where they can smoke.
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This HYS is quite a funny waste of time really, theres not a lot we can do about it, our Fuhrer Blair/Brown says no and so we must obey. What concerns me more is when the BBC puts up a HYS regarding pedophiles in the community and makes it fully moderated, c'mon beeb make it relatively moderated, i'm sure theres a lot people wish to say about these monsters.
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How clever are you, spending so much time in a poisonous cloud? Shoo!!
The Phantom, Manchester, United Kingdom
Get off my nuts, you manc cretin.
:)
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"I won't be going to the pub anymore. I'll just buy my booze at the supermarket and stay at home where I can have a fag if I like.
glen richards
Good for you! That's called freedom of choice. Just like the freedom of choice I'll have to go to the pub and not find my clothes smell like an ashtray when I get home.
Colin Wright, Liverpool "
No you will smell of urine and vomit!
Ever think why smoking in bars became popular in the first place?
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"Good to have clean air, but there's still a large poisonous cloud hanging over Great Britain. It's called The BBC." - The Elitist
How clever are you, spending so much time in a poisonous cloud? Shoo!!
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Good to have clean air, but there's still a large poisonous cloud hanging over Great Britain.
It's called The BBC.
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Go for the smoker.Fine him,humiliate him,make him PAY for his "crime". The poor dear peado needs love and care in the community. Is it me?
Mon toya
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If God had meant us to smoke he would have put our noses on the top of our heads and not just underneath our eyes and above our mouths.
L A Odicean
If god had meant us to talk bullsh1t, he would have put an ar5ehole where our mouth is?
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After all, if they were sitting next to a cocaine addict who forced them to take a snort whilst having their dinner at a restaurant I bet they'd soon complain.
[chronocompos], Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Only if they weren't very generous!
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"All the Moderators' ma's are ugly as sin..."
The Elitist
You know, your name bugs me. It just doesn't sit well with your character, your name and your actions are a juxtaposition. I was mulling it over last night and then it struck me, your name, your real name, the name you'd have if the world was sensible... Alf Garnet.
(and, BTW, you're not supposed to laugh WITH A.G., you're meant to laugh AT him. Laugh at what a ridiculous myopic ranting bigoted moron he is.)
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I had "relations" with a BBC moderators mum and she squealed like a piggy.
[theleftiswrong]
All the Moderators' ma's are ugly as sin....
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Where's John 'slitty eyes' Chan today then?
Has he nothing to say on the subject?
Come on slitty, give us a laugh!
Tight Thong, Panties, Afganistan
More rubbish from a racist bigot. I bet you would be far too cowardly to say such things to someone in real life. Do yuo feel brave behind your computer screen? Also this has nowt to do with the smoking ban.
I support it as it protects my health when I go to the pubs.
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How long till this HYS goes into moderation again?
Martin Johnston,
Like the Peadophile debate, total comments 355, published 12, awaiting moderation 343, so much for free speech. Thats why if you want to have your say, you have go to a reactive moderated HYS and be off topic. I say hang them by their balls.
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Caught, hook, line and sinker, mind you, I bet it was you that got my alto ego BNPRIGHTANDPROUD expelled from HYS.
[caltech1]
Again, are you mad? At what precisely have I been caught?
I'd hazard a guess your ID was banned because you posted racist filth, just a stab in the dark.
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I say ! steady on chaps - before you know it Philby and his ICF chums will be joining the ruck.
Robert Sharr,
Liberalleft and proud Philby threatened me the other day, its easy to be brave over the internet.
[caltech1]
Are you mad? I believe the sequence of events was I called you a muppet, you responding with a thinly veiled threat of violence, to which I then responded. Playing the victim card ALL the time? Classic bully, no wonder you support the BNP.
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For all you greenie tree hugger global warming hyper uppers who smoke and are now being stopped - how does it feel! hahahaha
Now you know how us car owners and lovers feel when we are persecuted!
Mind you most greenies smoke cannabis!
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"Yes, my wife. I have also seen her turning blue at 3am due to the after effect of smoke."
Did it make her prettier?
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Definition of the BBC:
New Labours Spin Machine
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HYS: A forum to bash Catholics and call them superstitious, medieval and intolerant bigots, yet hail Islam as a religion of peace.
A place to slam America and demonise Israel and yet sympathise with the imaginary nation of Palestine.
Where you can castigate smokers and applaud a ban, yet call the country nanny-state for proposed measures on drinking.
A place to slate Cameron for copying Blair and yet not Blair for copying Major.
A place to argue amongst Scot and English.
HYS is rubbish now.
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""With smoking banned, who is going to subsidise the tax we are loosing when cigarette sales drop?" [Millie Bean]
Smokers will still subsidise us by reducing cigarette related healthcare costs.
[Exeter_Jon]"
You utter, utter cretin.
Taxes on tobacco raise approx £10b a year. Smokers die younger and therefore claim less in pensions. Money they save you in taxes.
and before you start, I'm an ex-smoker, having given up several months ago after 20 years.
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""Has anyone actually seen someone have an asthma attack in a pub ?
because I know I have not."
Lucky you. My sister had to quit a job in a pub because it affected her asthma so severly. She was ill for weeks.
James Hadfield, Mansfield, United Kingdom
If I didnt like heights I wouldnt clean windows!!!
You can not educate pork.
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Can't find the answer. perhaps you are right!
In the event of that unlikely occurence I would say this still has no bearing on the fact that the decision was democratically arrived at and supported by the vast majority of the public.
LiberalLeft AndProud,
B0ll0CKS ?
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""The Conservatives did that following Dunblane. Once agin, a bad point marred by inaccuracy and massive exaggeration.
John Chang, Glasgow""
Surely you did not support the Governments attempt to disarm the working class?
(The vast majority of lawabiding handgun owners were working class - & as we have seen, gun crime in the UK has more than quadrupled since the ban).
How do you expect them to overthrow the Reichstag now?
Where is your solidarity?
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ireland put up with it, new zealand put up with it but i think london is a bit different. THERES GONNA BE A RIOT!
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Factor in the fact that cigarette money would be spent on other goods / services (which are taxed
[Animal30], Exeter, United Kingdom
Now that Animal30 (drummer in the muppets?) is the best comment I have seen all day!
People arent going to save for their pensions...
It will be more long distance holidays!
Hence change in planning laws & the extension at Stansted!
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Probably the saddest comment ever posted.
Here is somebody who can dismiss a complete
human being/person because of a tobacco addiction.
Pity the likes of Winston Curchill let Nazis
like no48 live.
mon toya
Dont class in him with my lot, even Nazis smoke.
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British born does not mean British, why would British bomb other British, because they do not Consider then selves British and neither do I. If Ossama Bin Ladens wife came here and had a kid, he would be British right, I think not?
[Buddistmonk], hull, United Kingdom
You have proven that you are indeed a bigoted fool. You think only immigrants carry aids and being born in Britain means you aren't British. You are insane
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The 7/7 bombers were British born. Don't be silly.
[Harry-Flashman], Nanny NuLab - A decade of decadence.
British born does not mean British, why would British bomb other British, because they do not Consider then selves British and neither do I. If Ossama Bin Ladens wife came here and had a kid, he would be British right, I think not?
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Immigration has not killed thousands. If you think it has, you need psychiatric help.
Martin R,
How mant stab victims? How many infected with HIV?, How many more 7/7 will happen?, I am more afraid of my kids getting blown up on a bus than dieing of so called passive smoking, wait till the next big terrorist attack, its only a matter of time?
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Seeing as immigration has killed thousands in Britain alone I think we should ban it. Not to forget all the people who suffered passively because of immigration. Be reasonable, smoking is bad for us all but there is a lot which is worse which requires urgent address.
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Some great arguments, I myself have partaken of a few but let's leave the immigration to immigration discussions and get back onto the topic of the smoking ban!
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"Immigration has not killed thousands. If you think it has, you need psychiatric help.
Martin R, London "
Were the vikings, saxons, romans, normans not intending to come and live in Britain then??
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How can a smoking ban end up having anything to do with immigration?
Rev Brown
They both smell.
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"Why is this racist filth on this debate page? Get over to the BNP site where you belong. Not only are you a nazi, you are also thick. The chances of being blown up are infinitely smaller than the dangers of passive smoking
LiberalLeft AndProud, "
Oh for goodness sake Philby old man calm down - why do you have to bite every time? And purely on a point of order, I rather suspect there is a great deal more evidence of the dangers of bombs on the tube than of passive smoking.
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How can a smoking ban end up having anything to do with immigration?
Put down the Daily Drivel and get an education.
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Immigration has not killed thousands. If you think it has, you need psychiatric help.
Martin R,
How mant stab victims? How many infected with HIV?, How many more 7/7 will happen?, I am more afraid of my kids getting blown up on a bus than dieing of so called passive smoking, wait till the next big terrorist attack, its only a matter of time?
[Buddistmonk], hull, United Kingdom
The 7/7 bombers were British born. Don't be silly.
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"Seeing as immigration has killed thousands in Britain alone I think we should ban it. Not to forget all the people who suffered passively because of immigration. Be reasonable, smoking is bad for us all but there is a lot which is worse which requires urgent address."
Bob Jim
Immigration has not killed thousands. If you think it has, you need psychiatric help.
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TO ALL YOU NON-SMOKERS, WHY FREQUENT PUBS IF YOU DONT LIKE THE SMOKE? ALSO, WHY DONT YOU WASH YOUR CLOTHES UPON DISROBING? HOW ABOUT INVESTING IN A DECENT DEODRANT OR GET A LIFE! YOU DONT MIND TRYING TO PULL A BIRD IN NON-FRAGRANT CIRCUMSTANCES AND YOURE ONLY SPOUTING NONSENSE NOW COS YOU CAN.
ALSO, NOBODY, AS YET, HAS ANSWERED MY QUESTION OF THIS MORNING - WHY DIDNT YOU MOAN 5 OR 10 YRS AGO WHEN YOU WERE FREQUENTING LICENSED ESTABLISHMENTS AND PEOPLE WERE SMOKING???? I REST MY CASE.
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It is a known fact that Muslims will get around the smoking ban....expect to see little chimneys sticking out of hijabs and smoke belching out under the bottom and I would like to know whether kebab shops and Holy Mosques will be exempted from this ban ? How do we know that all those men kneeling down praying are not having a puff under the rug ...what about hookah pipes in their cafés i blame the government for giving in to them their beards are concealing rollups its a well known fact and tha
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"'Would you shop at Tesco completely naked'
lets run with this topic and see how many comments are rejected...
Jabba DeHutt"
Wouldn't want to be near the frozen food section!
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"Here in Canada & some places in the U.S.A you can not smoke indoors period or out side if it is covered..."
Well! I sort of understand the smoking thing, but not being allowed to menstruate indoors - now surely that's going too far!
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James Ashwin,
No.
I’ll try again. Try to use what little brain you may possess.
Smoking doesn’t automatically make people interesting.
I know various interesting people.
They all smoke.
Conclusion - “A Judgement reached by reasoning;” (Stick with me Jimbo)
The interesting people I know - Are Smokers
Nothing else
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"If handguns were freely availble in Britain whould you have killed someone yet? And if so who?"
[1984ReturnsforReal],
OR
"If handguns were freely availble in Britain, would the burglary rate go down?”
OR
"If Jeremy Paxman were available on Prescription, would Alan Johnson ever answer a question?”
OR
“If Oliver North went into business with Fred West, could they call themselves ‘NorthByNorthwest?’”
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'Would you shop at Tesco completely naked?'
Probably. Until they bring in Nude Shopping tax.
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"Might i suggest a topic;
'Would you shop at Tesco completely naked'
lets run with this topic and see how many comments are rejected...
Jabba DeHutt "
Are we talking about an all-nude Tesco, or one in which I would be the only naked person?
If it's the former, yes.
If it's the latter, no!
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Harry Flashman – it’s too late to persuade anyone on here – your lack of reasoning is all too often on open display. You are backtracking as the original comment you thought was clever has been exposed as pathetic.
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So, your argument remains unchanged...?
You really do think all the cool kids smoke...?
James Ashwin, Oxford, United Kingdom
Harry is so much cooler than you. However you have 30 days to take up smoking and change into the "Koolest Kat" (see what I did with the letter K instead of C, making it seem more "K"ool) in town. Come James just a one drag...it won't hurt!!
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'Would you shop at Tesco completely naked?'
Where would I keep my fags and lighter?
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"Might i suggest a topic;
'Would you shop at Tesco completely naked'
lets run with this topic and see how many comments are rejected...
Jabba DeHutt
Lasted longer than I thought
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I will ask my question again since nobody could come up with a satisfactory objection.
If you allowed non-staffed, well ventilated smoking rooms in pubs and clubs that can accomodate them - would anti smokers object?.
How can anyone want to ban something where they would never ever go or be affected by?
denis shaw, london
Good man Denis!
These are people who could start an argument in an empty room.
They would ban it BECAUSE THEY CAN.
Thanks Blair you Get!
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"those of you who find that most of the interesting people you know are smokers, what exactly is your point?
Andy Slater, Wigan, United Kingdom"
Like you, clearly, I am a new boy on the block - but already I have gathered that on HYS there doesn't have to be a point.
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"I hope there is some violence against non smokers by smokers.
Bob Jim "
I think that I speak for all non-smokers when I say,
"Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!"
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I hope there is some violence against not smokers by smokers.
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I love the comments from rabid anti-smokers who for some reason think that everyone else in the new fresh air pub will adore their little darlings charging around,screaming and stinking of soiled nappies.Oh, didn't think anything YOU like to do should be BANNED?
I for one think children should be banned from pubs!Give me a smoker anyday.
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Where did this ridiculous term 'smokers rights' come from in the first place? Since when has it ever been a 'right' to give someone else lung cancer, emphysema or coronary heart disease? Might as well call them 'murderers rights', or 'selfish b*st*rds rights' - that would be much a much more fitting term. Hurrah for the ban, which is well overdue, IMHO.
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For too long smokers have touted about their human rights whilst denying my right to a good health.
If you are too weak willed to stop then you should have been smart and not started the pointless habit.
Well, I must say, I am gonna gloat when I see them all outside puffing away. The boot is on the other foot now and I love it.
Daniel Hilton, Rochdale
Too weak willed to stay out of pubs?
Must be fantastic for your health,all the
boozing you intend to do.
Britvic man I guess.
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Looks like I only have a month left to give cancer to the moaing non-smokers... So much to do, in such little time. I love a challenge!
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