> Leave aside the rush of nicotine. Forget the ritual of opening a pack of unfiltered Luckies, Camels, Chesterfields, Pall Malls, tamping them down, pulling one out, lighting it, discarding the match, taking the first, satisfying long drag.
This left me sorely tempted to get in my car and drive to the nearest shop for a pack of smokes. I started smoking when I was 15 and quit a few years ago after two decades. I still miss it and it only takes a whiff of someone else's cigarette to bring back the desire.
As the writer says, one of nicest things about smoking is the social aspect. I met many friends (and girlfriends) standing outside clubs and pubs for a smoke. I'm just old enough to remember dancing in clubs with a bottle of beer in one hand and a Marlboro in the other (before smoking inside was banned). Happy times.
It's a terrible, smelly, health-destroying habit, and I was right to give it up, but I think I'll always be a smoker at heart.
This left me sorely tempted to get in my car and drive to the nearest shop for a pack of smokes. I started smoking when I was 15 and quit a few years ago after two decades. I still miss it and it only takes a whiff of someone else's cigarette to bring back the desire.
As the writer says, one of nicest things about smoking is the social aspect. I met many friends (and girlfriends) standing outside clubs and pubs for a smoke. I'm just old enough to remember dancing in clubs with a bottle of beer in one hand and a Marlboro in the other (before smoking inside was banned). Happy times.
It's a terrible, smelly, health-destroying habit, and I was right to give it up, but I think I'll always be a smoker at heart.