iafrica.com: Up in smoke….
I’m having a cigarette now. And, I have to say, I’m enjoying it. As the orange filter touches my lips they instantly form a rubbery seal around the end. I suck in deeply and the air outside is pulled through a little furnace of tar, tobacco and carbon monoxide.
By the time it reaches my lungs it’s changed quite dramatically and I feel the familiar catch of smoke as it moves deep into my chest. The satisfying hit of nicotine filters into my blood and a mild electric buzz tingles around head. I exhale and a cloud of smoke billows in front of me forming silky swirls in the air.
And that’s just the first drag.
