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One of my coworkers had his two sons in this afternoon. They looked around 8 and 5 years old. I was walking by when the younger one got a pretzel stick out of the communal barrel (don’t ask) and then said to big brother, “Look! I’m smoking!”<\/p>\n

I said, “Kid: smoking is cool. Don’t let anyone tell you different,” and then headed back to my office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my coworkers had his two sons in this afternoon. They looked around 8 and 5 years old. I was walking by when the younger one got a pretzel stick out of the communal barrel (don’t ask) and then said to big brother, “Look! I’m smoking!” I said, “Kid: smoking is cool. Don’t let … <\/p>\n

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