I was waiting at a bus stop in Burbank, California in 1997 and there was an elderly man (looked to be in his mid-80s) hooked up to an oxygen machine standing near me at this bus stop. It was a fairly large oxygen machine. HE WAS SMOKING!! I just couldn't believe it. I had to take a second look but there he was smoking away and I could hear the sound of the machine that was helping him to breathe. Perhaps he figured he was on his last leg - and just didn't care anymore. It was really a horrible thing to see though. A vivid memory that has stayed with me for 17 years.
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