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The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do.

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Jay McInerney
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 13
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Hartford
Connecticut
Quitting
Smoking
Drinking
Worse
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