Smoking is certainly on of the oddest and stupidest human idiosyncrasies.  Maybe the
appeal is fire.  There’s something very scary and exciting about fire.  People always run to
see a fire.  They’re proud that they have a fireplace.  This is what smoking is really all
about.  The power of “I’ve got some fire right here in my hand.  Smoke and fire is literally
coming right out of my mouth.”  And it’s very intimidating to the nonsmoker because it’s
like talking to someone who’s going, “My head could open up, lava could explode out,
pour right down my face, doesn’t bother me a bit.”  And the cigar is even worse. A cigar
is like, “You think this end is scary, look at this wet, disgusting, chewed up nub.”
				-Jerry Seinfeld

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