Close, but No Cigar

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke discusses the medical and social aspects of cigar smoking which is becoming fashionable again in the USA.

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Fri 20 Aug 199921:00

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Fri 20 Aug 199921:00
BBC Radio 4

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