smoking

This is just my opinion and has no base in anything but me and my misguided view of life.... BUT.... second hand smoke takes ages (generaly speaking. I'm sure the fella who was hauled out gagging would disagree)to kill someone. I work in a smoke free building and have to go outside for a smoko. Last year I rode the elevator with a lady that tends to bathe in scent and I had to be taken to hospital because of an alergy to perfume. But that is neither here nor there. I duno any play that revolves around the fact that people are smoking. Yes, smoking adds flavor (and it tastes OH so good)to a period piece and it adds to the picture but it doesnt HAVE to be there! But if you feel like ya gotta have a butt on stage- don't light it, just wave it around. You're actors- act like you are smoking. And lord child, leave the bidis alone- they taste bad, smell bad and make your tongue numb.... and we know where THAT leads! You never know what's comin' for you.