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SSM May 2009 - So Typically English

Many jokes have been told about the English over the years - about our stiff upper lips, love of scones and clothes made of tweed - but nothing is quite as quintessentially English as a good old cup of tea and a cigarette, is it?
 

Unfortunately, while tea is still in abundance, its harder to get a cigarette these days than it used to be; you have to be older, hardier and much more wealthy than in the past, and if you want one with your pint down the local then you better be as weatherproof as Ronseal Quick Drying Woodstain, because outside is the only option!  Or so we thought…

The landlady of the Cutting Edge in Barnsley has exploited a loophole in the country's smoking ban by opening a "smoking research centre" where drinkers can legally light up.

Patrons must fill in a questionnaire on their smoking habits to satisfy legal requirements before sitting down for a drink and a cigarette, but are then free to drink and smoke as they please!  And maybe what they’re pleased to drink could soon be changing too, as the first alcoholic brewed tea drink – called Twisted Tea - is set to hit Tesco shelves later this year.

…Vices?  What vices?

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