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A Chinese man who chain-smoked his way through a marathon was disqualified for smoking on the course (www.businessinsider.com)

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A Chinese man was disqualified from the Xiamen Marathon for chain-smoking during the race, violating a new rule against uncivilized behavior.

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[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 84 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m anticigarettes, but still impressed.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As someone who smoked two packs a day at one point, I am also impressed.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Congratulations!

Edit: wait how many do you smoke now?

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just moved to vaping and away from smoking. There was no big accomplishment here, unfortunately. Meh, it's just a risk tradeoff as nicotine isn't completely harmless itself. Without getting into details here, quitting nicotine is not on the table for at least another year.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Progress is progress, good luck