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In the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 53.3% of 12-17 year olds had purchased their own cigarettes directly from a store, 63.3% of kids had given money to a friend to buy cigarettes for them (like my aforementioned friend), and 30.5% of kids purchased cigarettes indirectly, or from another source, such as a friend or family member
CNN originally wrote that hundreds of stores were closing due to too many overlapping locations and shifting consumer buying patterns. Two years later, the New York Times reported that James Kehoe, Walgreens chief financial officer, admitted that blaming the closures on retail theft was an exaggeration
"They told us that there was some sort of emergency and that's why we couldn't get out of the plane straight away," Dib said
By drinking and smoking, you put yourself at a higher risk for mouth, throat and liver cancer in particular