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Cigarette smokers inhale the smoke directly into their lungs, absorbing more nicotine, while cigar smokers typically hold the smoke in their mouth and exhale, resulting in less nicotine absorption

Its not about romanticising the past

As a former smoker myself, I can relate to the following words of Rav Shach: When I used to smoke, I thought I could never understand a Tosafos without a cigarette

As a racer hed certainly had more than his fair share of opportunities to meet his maker so who could blame him if he looked back over his miraculous death-defying escapes and subsequent recoveries and came to the conclusion that some greater power was looking out for him

Whatever the meaning was behind van Goghs Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette, and whatever the artists intentions were to paint it the way he did, the one thing that is certain is that Vincent van Gogh had a light side to him