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Smokers in the 1990s a shift from cool to fugitives
Erma Bombeck reflects on changing attitudes toward smoking, noting a pull toward stricter bans and social pressure. She cites a USA Today CNN Gallup poll showing 78 percent sympathize with addicts yet 30 percent refuse to quit, then mockingly imagines alienating utilities and a Hawaii island exile for smokers.
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Richard Kimballs
USA Today
CNN
Gallup
Hawaii
Bob Newhart
Sir Walter Raleigh
Bob
Walt
Erma Bombeck