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I don't operate on smokers. I tell cigarette smokers that I can operate on you, I get paid the same. And you might even do well. But it's the wrong thing to do. So I refuse to operate on you until you stop smoking.

Mehmet Oz

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Mehmet Oz
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 11
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