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Recently I have been writing a little bit about smokers manners in Japan.I have found the JT website for this campaign trying to improve the manners of smokers in this country.It really brings home the thoughtlessness of many smokers, they don't care... ...full story at Mottekaero

from Mottekaero on Wed, Jun 18 2008

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