"I think it's about creating a momentum that says this isn't a part of our life in Wales - creating the sense it isn't normal to be a smoking population, " she said.

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But at least in her personal life, and again, I make that distinction, because this isn't necessarily true in her business life, she is one of the most fragile subjects I've ever written about.

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Because for them, this isn't a democratic exercise, it's about life and death.

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But I'm sorry, at this time in my life, eating those extra whatever isn't benefiting my health.

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To Rodgers, this isn't the first time world events and ideologies have interfered in an otherwise life-affirming ritual.

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But today -- when stress might feel life-threatening but usually isn't -- this only means that you have a harder time focusing on work when your mind is on your visiting in-laws or a speech you have to give.

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With more than ten years of his working life invested in becoming qualified and skilled in this sector, Jad isn't about to take up the government offers of retraining opportunities.

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He had hoped this trip to Johns Hopkins would make everything okay, because so much of Okkhoy's life isn't.

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