Optimum News 12 Newsday.com MSG Varsity Explore LI AM New York Optimum Autos Optimum Homes

Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

NY magician quits, chews up 200 lit cigarettes

Quick ReadBinge before quitting: NY magician marks end of smoking habit by chewing up 200 lit cigarettes

ELMHURST, N.Y. (AP) — Some smokers go on a puffing binge before quitting cold turkey, but this one decided to eat the last of his cigarettes.

Scarsdale magician Richie Magic says he'll never smoke again after his attempt Saturday to break the world record for "orally extinguishing, chewing and expelling" a carton of cigarettes. Magic says he broke the record by chewing up 200 cigarettes in...

Newsday & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday 7-day and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

Already
registered on
newsday.com?
Log in
Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Get access
Not a Newsday 7-day
or Optimum Online®
subscriber?
Click here

Facebook