smoking question
Posted By: mt33 on 2008-01-14
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Subject: smoking question
Did smoke about three fourths of a pack per day since his late teen years.
Is this the correct way to write or it be written as a fraction? 3/4?
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Subject: "x" pack year smoking history
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