Kiliwatch is a vast and bustling shop in the 2nd arrondissement with a large array of vintage and second hand items that have a youthful, fashion-forward focus.
The exact reasons are hard to pin down, but resistance to chemicals, more people travelling and an increase in second-hand furniture sales have all been thought to play a part.
Second-hand Chinese-made buses have replaced most of the lorries that once served as public transport in Havana.
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Second-hand smoke did not appear to have the same impact on teenage boys, however.
To deal with the problem, a number of African countries have banned imports of second-hand clothes in recent years as part of efforts aimed at protecting their national textiles industries.
This revealed that people exposed to second-hand smoke were far more likely to have poorer hearing than others, and to a degree where they might struggle to follow a conversation in the presence of background noise.
Well, if you have ever observed how the second hand of a mechanical watch moves, you know that it appears to run smoothly (in stark contrast to the second hand of a quartz watch, which makes a little jump once a second).
Check second-hand child car seats meet current safety standards, have not already been in an accident and have correct fitting instructions.
On the other hand, Maliki would not have won a second term without backing from Shiite firebrand Moktada al-Sadr, so optimism is not indicated.
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Billy Davies' side remain in fourth but are only two points adrift of Cardiff - who occupy the second automatic promotion spot - and have a game in hand.
Ryan Giggs scored two penalties in Saturday's win over Spurs, which returned United to the top of the table on 79 points, two ahead of second-placed Chelsea, who have a game in hand and host Stoke on Sunday.
And the failure to take their chances means they slip six points behind leaders Celtic, although the Tannadice outfit have a game in hand to come against second-top Rangers on Tuesday.
Some have raised tariffs, as Russia did on second-hand cars and India did on steel.
Extraordinarily, although raising money to buy second-hand ships is proving hard, shipping lines still seem to have little trouble arranging finance for new ones.
"As much as I don't like second-hand clothes to be in the market, I don't have an alternative, " she says.
Studies show that obese and overweight parents have a strong influence on their children, generating a second-hand obesity and all of its health problems.
Domestic producers have found it hard to compete, first with imported second-hand cars and more recently with new imports and foreign brands made in Russia.
Now, though, the public panels have concluded that it makes more financial sense to use a second-hand hatch-back (1.6l petrol Ford Focus to be precise) - buying one that's five years old and selling at 10.
In the far-eastern port of Vladivostok, thousands have taken to the streets to protest against higher import tariffs on second-hand Japanese cars, the sale of which is the backbone of the local economy.
Second-placed Panthers are now two points behind leaders Coventry, who still have four games in hand.
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Undoubtedly some of the politicians on hand will have some of their own ideas for plugging this leak, and plenty of second-guessing.
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It was Liverpool's turn to have the upper hand and the home side eventually pressed home their dominance midway through the second half.
Malaysian police have said that a Sri Lankan businessman revealed how the Pakistani scientist had sold Iran second-hand parts from centrifuges used to enrich uranium and had arranged for enriched uranium to go to Libya.
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