Just trying to be cool
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Teenagers think smoking is cool, often picking up the habit to feel like their movie idols or to imitate their peers. Before they know it, they have acquired the habit and have become addicted to nicotine. Many have yet to realize that thousands who took up smoking in youth will eventually die from it.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
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Cobra attack!
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George VanHorn was bitten by a 12-foot king cobra. He was injected by a tiger snake antivenin to temporarily stabilize his condition. Fortunately, several vials of king cobra antivenin were sent from Miami and Alabama. VanHorn survived and is working with deadly snakes once again.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1995
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Lost in an underwater cave
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Divers must possess special diving knowledge if they intend to try underwater cave diving. As cave drownings become a normal occurrence, inexperienced divers should at least bring along an experienced cave diver when undertaking diving explorations.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
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