You've heard the statistics. Americans watch so-and-so amount of television per day, per week, per year?
If anti-smoking campaigns haven't rid our society of cigarettes yet, then these flaccid numbers are surely hopeless in their quest to force Americans off of the couch. We're going to watch; now hand me the remote!
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