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31 December 2011
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Gone, But Certainly Not Forgotten - At Least, Not Yet
SMOKE SIGNALS MAGAZINE - January - February 2012
If you're reading this column, by now you've probably spent more than a few minutes lamenting, decrying or resenting the permanent effects that indoor smoking bans have had on the way you enjoy female smoking. We know we certainly have.
However, we recently took the thought process a step further. We spent some time thinking back to some of our favorite smoking fetish experiences from the past. And we realized that the younger members of our community - and all of those who will follow us - will never have the opportunity to know so many once-common smoking fetish experiences, which for us defined the fetish in many ways.
Here are some of the ones we came up with. We're sure you can add to the list.
1. Sitting across from a sexy smoker in a bar and beginning a conversation - maybe she's interesting, maybe she's not - but a prolonged conversation in a bar is the best way imagineable to keep her smoking and smoking right in front of you, where you can watch her without looking out of place. If you light her cigarettes for her, chances are that she'll smoke even more.
2. Dinner on a first date with a hot smoker - she sits directly across from you in the restaurant as she smokes cigarette after cigarette, and you have the chance to take a full inventory of her smoking style over several hours. Since you're just getting to know each other, it's also one of the best times to start the conversation where you learn all about her smoking history.
3. Intermissions at "glamorous" events like classical concerts or plays, with sexy women from every age group dressed in their finest clothes, showing off their elegant smoking in theater lobbies. Many seemed fully conscious of the fact that their smoking was, in reality, one more fashion accessory they could show off to an appreciative audience as they sipped their cocktails and entranced their admirers. Smoking in fur, smoking with holders, luxurious and exaggerated french inhales - all were commonplace. Of course, some women still smoke during intermissions of concerts and plays these days, but it's not quite the same standing on a sidewalk with buses and taxis roaring by.
4. Catered dinner functions like weddings, with ashtrays (and once upon a time, loose cigarettes) at every table - and seemingly every woman partaking. Even "non smokers" were tempted to light up after dinner when the cigarettes were right in front of them - leading to some wonderful "let me show you the proper way to do that" moments. They were also one of the best places for elegant mother-daughter or other "family member" sightings.
5. Non-stop college smoking sessions: these ranged from the chain-smoking college coeds doing their homework while smoking non-stop in the cafeteria or coffee shop - to late-night drinking-and-smoking hangout sessions in the dorm, where pack after pack after pack disappeared while world problems and personal problems were dissected over many bottles of wine or beer.
Women smoking at work, girls smoking on trains - there are many other categories we could have included; but we wanted to leave at least a few to your imagination - which is where, sadly, all of these experiences have now been permanently relegated.
Despite ending on a less than happy note - have a Happy New Year, thanks for spending another year with Smoke Signals, and enjoy the January-February issue!
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31 October 2011
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Here and There, Thither and Yon
SMOKE SIGNALS MAGAZINE - November - December 2011
No idea why we decided on this title for this month's column, except that we've never used the word "Thither" in a sentence before and found the desire to do so, overwhelming.
Looks like we're going to shelve the idea of reviving the Smoke Signals survey, whether in the same form or different form. We received only a handful of comments or suggestions on the subject, and can't imagine the response to the actual survey would be much greater. Maybe in another lifetime.
Hard to believe that the heyday of the survey was nearly 15 years ago - for that matter, hard to believe it's been years since we've published the printed version of Smoke Signals Magazine.
We won't survey on this subject, but feel free to drop us a note or to comment on this article: we know there are lots of fetishists who focus on Newports or VS 120s, on Marlboros or Saratogas, or all-whites or corks. Is there anyone out there who focuses on Camel Crush Bold or Camel Turkish Royal, Parliament Green or Newport Red, or any other of the "odder" new brands out there?
And while we're thinking about it, are there any in Eastern Europe who focus on the "failed" US brands that are now popular there, like Kent and Pall Mall filters?
Mrs. Schroeder on "Boardwalk Empire" is now drinking regularly. How long before she starts smoking? C'mon, Nuck - give her a push for us.
And while on the subject of TV, why hasn't anyone told "Ugly Betty" that she'd be more attractive if she started smoking?
Having lived in "blue states" for most of lives, We found it hard to believe that there are some states (other than ones in the tobacco belt) that still allow smoking in bars and restaurants - it came to our attention that Indiana is one such state, with only some local restrictions in place; for a complete listing, check out the wikipedia page that can be invaluable for travellers.
We're still not big believers in the theory that smoking fetish video must be high definition in order to be worth watching; we still think that the quality of the smoking and the looks of the model are the two major components - and everything else is in distant third place. Having said that, now that most of the material we're adding to our sites is now in HD - we have to admit, the HD stuff sure does look good.
Big thanks to Vesperae for all of the work she did on this month's Dark Side column (she works hard on every column, of course, but the multimedia pieces are even tougher) - and to Freida Theant, for our Halloween-themed story this month.
Enjoy the November-December issue!
