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<p>Kristen Romano arrived at the Mayo Clinic's inpatient stop-smoking program with the confidence she could quit and with five minutes to spare.</p> <p>Just enough time for one last cigarette.</p> <p>Minutes before the Mayo Clinic's program begins Don Simoneau, left, and Russell King smoke their last cigarettes.</p>

Okay - everybody - lets have a thread that not only lists, but EXPLAINS the origin and meaning of all these "freepisms" that are constantly showing up in this forum. I expect you "old timers" to chime in and offer your wisdom. Let's start with the infamous "moose", and "cheese" comments, along with the "time for a shower" - and many others that are out there. I know that there are several threads that individually address these 'sayings' but let's put everything together into one nice "library".. OKAY?

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- As state legislators and the governor wrestle with the state's estimated $750 million budget shortfall, a new poll shows that Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly support a significant increase in the state's tobacco tax to keep kids from smoking and to raise revenue for the state. Three out of four Pennsylvania voters (75 percent) support a $1 per pack increase in the state's tobacco tax as part of an effort to reduce tobacco use, particularly among kids, with the revenue used to reduce the state's budget deficit. This support comes from a broad-based coalition of voters,...

<p>The state House of Representatives passed an amended Clean Indoor Air Act bill Thursday that would outlaw smoking in nearly all public buildings, including bars, casinos and restaurants.</p> <p>The only exception would be fund-raisers at fire, rescue or ambulance company facilities, or fraternal organizations such as Elks clubs. Seventy-five percent of rooms at all Delaware hotels would be designated nonsmoking.</p>

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ANTI-AMERICANISM EMPLOYS A SET OF CLICHÉS as predictable and stale as the conventions of supermarket romance. Every time, for example, the United States acts forcefully abroad to protect its interests, you can bet the farm some pencil-neck in America or Europe will whip out the charge that America once more is acting like a "cowboy." This charge is usually tossed off with the smug assurance that acting like a cowboy is about the most horrible thing one could do. The ignorant masses might think that the cowboy myth is about qualities such as the courage to risk one's life for...

MISSOURI CITY -- Authorities are looking into allegations that several election judges in Fort Bend County illegally gave away lists of people who had voted in Tuesday's primary runoffs. Precinct 2 Constable Ruben Davis said he received a tip Tuesday morning that someone was entering polling places and asking election judges for the lists. It is a Class C misdemeanor under Texas election laws for an election worker to reveal the names of those who have or have not voted. "When I first heard about this I laughed because I didn't think this could happen," Davis said Wednesday. "I'm not...

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