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/^t/I belong to those non-smokers who do not reject cigarettes for some ideological reasons, but purely practical ones. Smoking really disturbs me. Last weekend I went to a concert to one of the cafes in the city. The groups of people sitting here and there, drowning in the billows of smoke were the first thing I noticed. The smoke was so thick that I felt sick almost immediately. In the following half an hour I could not listen to the band. I fought with the smoke. I tried to find a place with some fresh air, drank in order to suppress the smell and taste of cigarettes in my nostrils and mouth. Then I suffered from the first attack of a terrible headache, and finally, left the cafe.