People have always been wondering as to why humans smoke. It is not for me to decide why, but i can only speculate. Is it because of the stench which can spread a mile around? Is it because of the supposed calmness of which the cigarette is the hailed harbinger? Or because of the cardiac arrests and the sickening coughs which are eventually bound to follow? The answer simply is - no! Imagine yourself as a modern day average middle class man. You have just returned to home from a hectic day at work. You want someone to talk to. Or maybe someone who will listen to you talking. But as you are the modern day human, there are not many people willing to oblige and listen to you ramble about life and its problems as if they were evident in your case alone. Enter the patient listener. Enter the loyal companion. Enter the cigarette. If you tell a cigarette that life is hard, the cigarette wont retort "Such is life. You have to toil and climb the ladder or else you will be left in the cold&