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Up in Smoke: Day 2--Success! (Sort of)

Daniel Alexandre Portoraro | Posted 03.20.2012 | Canada
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Daniel Alexandre Portoraro

There's a gnawing in my stomach, as if a string of spikes is gently lodged against my gut. It's this that prevents me from eating; the stomach pains. In fact, a Big Mac Meal is the first thing eaten since waking up yesterday morning. I'm at six cigarettes. Usually by this point, I'd have smoked about 15.

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A Grandmother's Warning to Young Smokers

Yvonne Crittenden | Posted 03.18.2012 | Canada
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Yvonne Crittenden

I started smoking around the age of 16 when it was still glamorous (!) and no warnings of cancer, back in the early 50s. I worked myself up to a pack a day in my late teens, then smoked for the next 20 years. Everyone (including my parents and siblings) smoked in those days.

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