The real cost of smoking in Massachusetts is quite staggering.
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I’ve never been a fan of smoking. Now, I don’t shun others or express my opinion about it to people who do smoke; I just never cared for it. It’s not my thing. This probably stems from my childhood.
When I was growing up in northern Berkshire County, my dad smoked. I didn’t like it, and I was a real pain in his you know what about his habit. Let me explain. In the early 1990s, I was a true-blue WWF Wrestling fan. At the time, my heroes were the larger-than-life superstars of Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Big Boss Man, Jake the Snake Roberts, Macho Man Randy Savage, Hacksaw Jim Duggan, and Demolition. It may seem silly now, but I was sold on everything the WWF was putting out at the time, both in storylines and merchandise. As I said, I was your prototypical WWF fan.
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