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UA Professor Studies Russian Smoking

History Professor Trish Starks became interested in Russian culture as an undergraduate exchange student just before the fall of the Soviet Union. During the exciting time, she noticed a lot of people smoking. Today, she is writing one of the first books on the unique Soviet smoking situation.