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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:30 PM
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If a chimp can quit smoking after 16 years, SO CAN YOU
Smoking China chimp kicks habit

A female chimpanzee in a Chinese zoo has managed to kick the habit after smoking for 16 years, Xinhua news agency reported.

Ai Ai, 27, first took up smoking after her mate died in 1989.

After a second spouse died in 1997 and her daughter was moved to another zoo, the broken-hearted chimp's health reportedly started deteriorating.

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It is not clear how Ai Ai developed her addiction, and whether she was first given cigarettes from the same guardians who have helped her quit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4305600.stm
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:32 PM
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1. Yes, but can a chimp quit drinking and snorting coke?
The world may never know...
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:33 PM
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2. I understand chimps don't like to snort coke
--the bubbles go up their nose and make them sneeze

:rofl:
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Graf Orlok Donating Member (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:34 PM
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3. ROFL
I didn't know chimps smoked! That'd be a funny sight!
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 06:42 PM
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4. Apparently, there's more than one.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:57 PM
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5. If my handlers decided to cut me off I guess I could.
You don't often see a Chimp walk into 7-11 looking to buy smokes.
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