
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 30, 1993                   TAG: 9303300402
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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WAKE UP AND SMOKE THE COFFEE

I HAVE BEEN going back in memory when I used to swipe cigarettes - Chesterfields and Piedmonts with no filters - from my grandparents. Prior to this I would dry corn silk, tightly roll it up in newspapers, and light up. But the smoke was so awful that I did this only once. I put fresh ground coffee in my daddy's pipe and thought it rather good, so continued. About the only thing I didn't try was snuff, because I had seen two of my siblings strangle on it.

I am not against the uproar about smoking but think more needs to be said against alcohol use.

Do I still smoke? I'm not talking! BEATRICE S. RICHARDSON SELMA

by CNB