I used to smoke “cigarillos” back in my rowdy ute, but I had to be well on the way to being drunk before I could even light one up.
These days, even the smell makes me nauseous. Part of CFIDS, of course.
Anoreth is smoking only outside in the brisk fresh air. I don’t even smell it in her clothes, to speak of.
I think today’s generation of young adults, 16-30 or so, is smoking more than people my age did, because they didn’t grow up with parents’ smoking, and because society’s institutions have placed smoking as the worst possible thing, ignoring so many other activities that are obviously immoral and productive of much more immediate health risks, such as promiscuous sex.
We have always been low-key about smoking, saying that it wasn’t our problem if others smoked, but not in our house. It’s the culture she’s in now, but as she moves up in rank or leaves the service for another phase of life, things will change.