Given the uncertain economic picture, Labour should "concentrate its fire" on the coalition, Mr Darling said.

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But whereas most other states concentrate their fire on the tobacco industry, the state's Department of Public Health now believes it is necessary to make targets of the smokers themselves, and get them to quit.

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The new department would concentrate on safeguarding borders, working with first-responders such as local police and fire departments, analyzing threats and promoting technological changes to counter chemical, biological and nuclear threats.

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My long bones in my arms and legs felt like someone was ramming a long steel rod into them, my joints all creaked and popped in and out and ached like the worst arthritis ever. my skin was on fire and my extremities, especially my hands and feet, where it seemed to concentrate.

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