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Summary Of Stephen King's Quitters, Inc.
In "Quitters, Inc." by Stephen King, is about a guy, with a family, he gets a business card from an old friend that helped him quit smoking. Morrison, the guy, went to Quitters, Inc. to see if he can get help for quiting smoking, so he applid and after getting questions about his personal life. There were stuff the company suggest him to do and if he didn't obey them, negative impact will happen to his family.

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