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In The ‘Clueless Smokers’ Dept …

... former long-time SR co-worker Jeanne Helstrom amused herself by counting cigarette butts in the gutter this AM:

"So, on my early morning bike ride, just for the fun of it, after I noticed a cigarette butt or two in the street/gutters, I decided to count the ones I saw on 15th between Dalton & Margaret, and a block into Margaret. 43. Yep. What's wrong with people? And many of them were lying in dead grass or pineneedles."

Question: Do you think nicotine takes away a smoker's ability to think?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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