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Silly Smokers: Weird News About Smoking

Strange Smoking News to Light Up Your Day

By Buck Wolf, About.com

The war on smoking has some strange battle fronts. Here are a few.

For Sale: Fake Cigarette Smell

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After a ban on smoking in bars, some Dutch customers miss that tobacco smell. Rain Showtechniek, a Dutch company, now sells fake cigarette smells to bars and cafes.

Europe's Oldest Man Praises Smoking

At 112, Henry William Allingham, a WWI Veteran, is Europe's oldest man, and credits his longevity to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women"

Japanese Vending Machine Counts Wrinkles

Here's a new wrinkle to smoking: A Japanese vending machine will examine wrinkles to determine if the buyer is old enough to smoke.

Chinese Desert Smoke-Free Restaurant

The Chinese may be the world's most enthusiastic smokers. The only smoke-free restaurant chain is facing bankruptcy after driving away droves of business with a smoking ban.

German Newspaper Hoaxed by Smoking Crusader

Only days after a Hamburg newspaper reported on a computer company that fired three employees for not smoking, allegedly because they asked for a smoke-free environment, we now find that the whole story was a hoax. "He said he's a chain-smoker himself and said he was tired of smokers being hassled so much," the paper now says.

One-Legged Man In Anti-Smoking Ad Still Smoking

The New York Department of Health has confirmed that 48-year-old Skip Legault -- the state's new anti-smoking poster boy -- is still smoking. Legault has suffered an amputated leg, two heart attacks (the first at 28-years-old) and a stroke. As he says in the ad, "Every bit of this is from smoking."

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