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Judge orders man to quit smoking for one year

by Barry Artiste | September 21, 2009 at 06:19 am

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Barry Artiste Op.Ed

Now this judge has the right idea, though impossible to enforce.

WAILUKU, Hawaii - A judge has ordered a 19-year-old Hawaii man who pleaded no contest to starting a restaurant fire with a flicked cigarette to stop smoking for a year.

Makaio Bachman-Majamay of Makawao was originally charged with third-degree arson for allegedly igniting the shake roof of the Wei Wei Bar-B-Q Restaurant in Pukalani in July 2008. A witnesses extinguished the blaze using buckets of water, The Maui News reported.

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bettermaker (not verified)

at 16:25 on September 21st, 2009

remind me to leave America when the Nazis take full control . . . (the Nazis were very anti-smoking, and "green" not to go on a tangent)

Barry Artiste

at 18:53 on September 21st, 2009

I like your style better, good point, and was not Hitler a vegan?

eed (not verified)

at 18:55 on September 21st, 2009

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