During a game of cards, all smokers will be chain-smoking, no matter how slight the withdrawal pangs are. Even so-called ‘casual’ smokers will smoke much more than usual. The ashtrays will fill and overflow in no time. There’ll be a constant bluish fog hovering above the table and even the smokers will complain about how smoky the room is getting. If you were to ask any of the smokers whether they were enjoying it, they would look at you as if you were mad. It is often after nights like these, when we wake up with a throat like sandpaper and a mouth like a cesspit that we decide to try to stop
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