To help shatter the illusion that cigarettes were cool he visited schools, testified to Congress and gave public lectures, pulling off his shirt to show the operation scars that wrapped halfway round his back.

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However, Stark has already had to consider a replacement to his original choices, with Manchester United defender David Gray pulling out before the squad announcement because of a pending operation.

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