Smoking is a shocking thing - blowing smoke out of our mouths into oth…

Samuel Johnson
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Smoking is a shocking thing - blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done to us. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2010). Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p.198, Canongate Books
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