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    <title>How To Do the Smoking Fingers Trick</title>
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      <![CDATA[Smoking is bad for your lungs, so let your fingers do the puffing instead.]]>
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        <![CDATA[Scissors]]>
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        <![CDATA[A matchbox]]>
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        <![CDATA[Access to a sink]]>
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        <![CDATA[A lighter]]>
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          <![CDATA[Cut the striker strip from the matchbox with the scissors, peel the cardboard from the back of the strip, and fold it in half lengthwise.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Cut the striker strip from the matchbox with the scissors, peel the cardboard from the back of the strip, and fold it in half lengthwise.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Place the folded strip on top of a water tap, and run the cold water. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Place the folded strip on top of a water tap, and run the cold water.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Run the tap for a while to make sure the water is very cold.]]>
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          <![CDATA[Set fire to either end of the strip with the lighter. Then burn along the length of each side.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Set fire to either end of the strip with the lighter. Then burn along the length of each side.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Throw the strip into the sink. When it's extinguished, turn the water off. Some striker material will have turned into a thick brownish liquid that has settled onto the tap. Rub some of the goo from the tap onto your thumb.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Throw the strip into the sink. When it&#8217;s extinguished, turn the water off. Some striker material will have turned into a thick brownish liquid that has settled onto the tap. Rub some of the goo from the tap onto your thumb.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Announce that you will make smoke magically rise from your fingers. Then firmly rub your thumb and finger together, creating wisps of smoke between them.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Announce that you will make smoke magically rise from your fingers. Then firmly rub your thumb and finger together, creating wisps of smoke between them.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[Go back to the tap and get more of the goo on your fingers when the smoke has stopped to repeat the trick.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Go back to the tap and get more of the goo on your fingers when the smoke has stopped to repeat the trick.</p>]]>
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          <![CDATA[About 371 billion cigarettes were consumed in the United States in 2006.]]>
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          <![CDATA[<p>About 371 billion cigarettes were consumed in the United States in 2006.</p>]]>
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