Rather, he crunched numbers, once proudly telling his grandmother that he had calculated how much her cigarette habit was shortening her life.

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When it comes to kicking the cigarette habit, the United States certainly has come a long way, baby, to borrow the old Virginia Slims tagline.

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Under the perfume, the odor of hospital, fresh paint, and air-conditioning, and the faint cigarette smell of someone who took her habit out to the balcony.

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But to add to the risk-list associated with the habit, this week's British Medical Journal found that cigarette smoking accounts for one in eight hip fractures in women.

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As Americans kick the smoking habit, investors in these securities may take the hit as dwindling cigarette sales cause payments to fall off a cliff.

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Films are at the very forefront of fashion and have chronicled fairly accurately the decline of the cigarette from being an enjoyment of the smart set to its present status as a dangerous habit.

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