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Jump to full article: Times Of London (uk), 2003-05-08
Author: From Leo Lewis in Tokyo
Intro: HONG KONG is turning to drink, cigarettes and miniature bottles of Japanese milk bacillus in a desperate attempt to ward off Sars.
Smoking 30 cigarettes a day is one idea favoured to keep the virus at bay, so is filling the bloodstream with alcohol . . .
As George Tan, a Hong Kong resident, said: "Everyone you talk to has a different tip about how to stay alive: lavender water, eau de cologne, turnips. Smoking is supposed to fill your lungs with so many toxins that the virus will die there anyway. [This graph only]
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