I have a rule that I only smoke cigarettes when I'm in the US. 
I'm currently in the US, and just had a very nice encounter bumming a smoke and a light from a stranger. 

The middle class has failed to fill the social void created when smoking became taboo.

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truly spoken like someone with free healthcare

It’s not bad idea to keep some separation between everyday life and inhaling formaldehyde

it's pretty funny you say this bc my American friends have visited Paris and smoked here even though they never smoke in the US

sometimes when its nice out you gotta have a smoke

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lol if that was my rule in a few years I‘d suddenly live there and wonder what got me therr

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How does one make a connection with people smoking when not also smoking? IME the sharing of a lighter is the necessary ingredient.

Haven't smoked a cigarette in 20 years, but I met a lot of cool and interesting people who were also stepping outside. Only part of it I miss.

i do miss the serendipity of smoke breaks at work and events