The Last Cigarette

Illustrations by Pablo IglesiasThe Frenchman CheeredFor most of my life, I haven’t so much as touched a cigarette. I shared one with a couple of friends in high school at a sleepover, barely inhaled anything, and never looked back. But last year, I went to Paris for my 34th birthday. I couldn’t resist the glamour of smoking in Europe. Unfortunately, I loved it. When I shared a pistachio Paris-Brest with my girlfriend on a park bench near the Père Lachaise Cemetery while smoki