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LETTER: One smoker's advice to teens: Add up the costs 

I was pleased to see the recent letter sent in by a young writer on the subject of teen smoking ("Teen smokers should quit," The Reporter, April 7). As a four-decade nicotine addict who picked up the incredibly stupid habit at the age of 16, I would add the following advice for any teens who are currently addicted to nicotine, or who recklessly sneak an occasional smoke in the misguided belief that this nasty, completely worthless drug can't possibly snare them into a lifelong addiction. . . .

Quit while it's still easy, and take all the pennies you used to spend on smokes and throw 'em in a big jar. It would only take a few years before you could buy the first of your four Corvettes.

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