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Martiniuk no longer cocky 

It's been quite a merry-go-round for Cambridge MPP Gerry Martiniuk. . . .

Campaign pressure makes it one of the worst times to buck cigarettes, but he'd already started his Zyban program before Eves called the election and he's managed to go smokeless now for six weeks.

"California banned smoking everywhere 10 years ago," he tells the waiter. "I understand incidence of lung cancer there has declined by 30 per cent since.

"Gawd," he says to no one in particular, "it's a terrible habit." [This graph only]

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