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Faris, Hamed and Tim exit the building. It is sunny on the Capitol Square this winter midday, but bitterly cold. Standing on the pavement with his back against a large glass windowpane, Hamed takes out a pack of Marlboro Blacks and removes two cigarettes, handing one to Faris. Tim has a pack of Davidoffs covered in Arabic script — when he flew back to Madison from his home in Saudi Arabia after his winter holidays, he packed four cases of 10 packs each, totaling 800 cigarettes.