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Smoker Falls Four Stories, Lives to Destroy Lungs Another Day  

Here's an anti-smoking PSA for you. A woman smoking a cigarette out of a window in midtown at 4 a.m. on Saturday lost her balance and fell four stories. But here's the thing: She survived! The 34-year-old woman is listed in stable condition at St. Vincent's Hospital. The New York Daily News reports:

FDNY officials said the woman fell into a narrow alleyway between two buildings and was conscious when emergency medical technicians arrived. . . .

No worries, lady! You may now return to your regularly scheduled cigarette break (but, no, you can't bum one). Of course not everyone is so lucky. Now we pause to remember one window smoker who didn't make it. Lexi Featherstone from the Sex and the City episode "Splat!," who fell out a window after Candice Bergen refused to let her light up in her apartment. "When did everybody stop smoking?" Lexi demanded. . . .

18 percent of New Yorkers are still lighting up. Our lucky Lady of the Tar is like a living metaphor for the city's smoking rates. She's down, but she's not out.

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