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... Smoking to Live Longer I STOPPED SMOKING when I was 55 , after 44 years of ad- diction , in my town where tobacco is a major product , even children smoke . I picked up the habit at 11 . Over the years that I kept puffing to my heart's ...
... Smoking to Live Longer I STOPPED SMOKING when I was 55 , after 44 years of ad- diction , in my town where tobacco is a major product , even children smoke . I picked up the habit at 11 . Over the years that I kept puffing to my heart's ...
Page 60
... smoking as a filler in the gaps in my cerebrations and to rid the cobwebs of my mind . While I chalked up phyrric victories in my skirmishes against smoke , and far from winning a war , my coughing grew worse , my congestions became ...
... smoking as a filler in the gaps in my cerebrations and to rid the cobwebs of my mind . While I chalked up phyrric victories in my skirmishes against smoke , and far from winning a war , my coughing grew worse , my congestions became ...
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... smoking ; and 2 ) to conquer the smoking ritual built into the social compulsions of a lifetime . Everyday , I walked around as though there was only air in my head although there was not enough of it for a liftoff . Sleep did not come ...
... smoking ; and 2 ) to conquer the smoking ritual built into the social compulsions of a lifetime . Everyday , I walked around as though there was only air in my head although there was not enough of it for a liftoff . Sleep did not come ...
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Take It Easy Learn to Look and Listen | 12 |
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