In fact, 
> for some reason people who barely know me often ask me if I want a 
> cigarette, or if I've just stopped smoking.  (Yes, when I was 18.)  
> Apparently there's something about me that suggests to them that I 
> should be puffing away ...

Maybe they have a romantized image of you puffing away...like James Dean in
an old black and white movie.  I do sense that there is somewhat of an
allure to lighting up and smoking.  Even the hobbits in Tolkien have a love
for smoking tobacco(speaking of which I wonder if they'll allude to that at
all in the next movie coming up.)  I wonder if that was always true of
cigarette smoking...how was it thought of in the very beginning when the
first cigarette was smoked.  Was it always fashionable or was that
something that has slowly developed over the years?  And I wonder if as
anti smoking sentiments grow stronger and more widespread, if the romantic
image of smoking will just grow stronger as well?

Victor in Asheville(who actually spends half of his time in Atlanta these
days)

NP: Nick Drake "Saturday Sun"







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