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The Moth Radio Hour: The Push and the Pull

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The Life and Times of a Chain Smoker

I didn't know her in that way. I knew her as my grandma. And near the ending of her life, she was a chain smoker her life. And so there were times where she would have an oxygen tank, and she would call me up to help take care of it. Other times, we had to start taking the cigarettes away from her because it wasn't healthy anymore. So we started hiding. Her brand was parliaments. But no matter what we did, she would end up outside just like looking at us like... We had no idea where she got them from. It became an arms race.

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