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VIDEO: Stubbed out: ideal chance for miners to quit smoking 

Rescuers are constructing a third drill to reached trapped Chilean miners who are receiving hot food in plastic tubes.
Jump to full article: Agence France Presse (AFP) (fr), 2010-09-13

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Nicotine patches sent down to help smokers among the trapped miners deal with the lack of cigarettes had not worked, officials said.

The miners were given permission to light up after rescuers installed a multi-functional plastic tube that lets them get water and air, and have permanent telephone communication with the surface.

''We are not going to give a pack of cigarettes to each of them, but rather a reasonable amount,'' said Jorge Diaz, a medical doctor on the rescue team.

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