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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

What About The Children?!?!



That's the question on my mind after I read this
A man who dresses up as a giant cigarette and uses hip-hop music to encourage children in Lynchburg and beyond to avoid smoking pleaded guilty Tuesday to bigamy. Phillip Dale Williams, 37, had as many as four wives at the same time, Chuck Felmlee, deputy commonwealth's attorney, said.
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Williams was known locally for playing "Douglas 'Dude' Cigarette," a character he created in 1996. He has performed in about a dozen states.
Where now can our children go to get helpful information, presented in a hip and relatable way, that will help them make the smart choice in life to never start smoking? Because remember, it's much easier to never start in the first place than it is to start and then have to quit. Or as I tell the kids at the local middle school where I hang out; "It's much more fun to start early and never quit, than it is to never start in the first place."

Full article here