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Smoker's Neck Slashed After He Won't Bum Smoke
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 31, 2011
Modified Jan 31, 2011
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Published Jan 31, 2011
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In this age of $15 packs of cigarettes, the bumming of a smoke has become a real art form. Social mores now require you to offer at least a quarter when asking for a smoke (even if you really hope the change is declined) and the white lie that is "sorry buddy, last one" has become many a smoker's mantra. But be careful out there tobacco-fiends, that white lie can get your neck slashed.
Seriously! Yesterday afternoon Muhammed Rashid stepped outside of the Subway shop on East 161st Street in the Bronx for a Marlboro Light. At which point a man dressed all in black, arguing with another woman, asked Rashid to bum him a smoke. Rashid told him the one in his mouth was his last one, but the thug didn't believe him and started screaming something along the lines of "you lie!"
The assailant then apparently asked his ladyfriend to hold his Nike bag so he could start something. According to a witness she declined his offer, saying "No, I'm not going to hold your bag. You're going to cut me, too," so the man threw his bag to the floor, slashed Rashid across the neck and ran.
Rashid was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. May this be a lesson to all you smokers—if you got 'em, share 'em. 'Cause you might get slashed.
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