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Fact or Fiction.(Brief article)
Americans are notoriously anti-smoking, but Barack Obama--an occasional puffer--is proving that smoking can still be sexy. MYTH: There's nothing more off-putting than the hoarse baritone of a smoker.
FACT: Smoking does indeed dry out vocal cords. But "many famous voices in history have pathologies that are part of their vocal signatures," says David Witsell, the head of Duke ...
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