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<blockquote><q> | <blockquote><q>"Il n’est pas nécessaire d’être dans le négoce du tabac pour réaliser que fumer est devenu rapidement, sauf pour une petite minorité, un art perdu et un plaisir limité. De fait, de nombreux fumeurs pris dans le rythme enragé de la vie moderne ont clairement admis que c’est uniquement un calmant, essentiel pour leurs nerfs à fleur de peau. A leurs yeux les Havanes, les cigarettes faites main et les brillantes pipes d’écume, qui ornaient les fumoirs d’il y a cinquante ans semblent aussi lointains que tout l’attirail élaboré du fumeur qui enthousiasmait tant l’Angleterre Elisabéthaine. | ||
Aujourd’hui la cigarette omniprésente a privé nombre d’entre nous de ce passé glorieux et nous a pris à la gorge. Fumer est devenu une habitude, et l’habitude, comme dit le proverbe, émousse le plaisir.<br> | |||
To one whose business it is to interest the public in the whole realm of smoking, all this is a very great pity. Yet it is not wholly explained by the economic problems of the day. He who smokes at all can afford to vary the way in which he smokes and to learn a little more about the pleasure which, to say the least of it, is expensive enough. But having tried to cater for the whims and caprices of smokers for many years, I am sure that a little sound knowledge of tobacco and some spirit of adventure are the very qualities that the majority of smokers lack. Deeply conservative, so many are prepared to pay large annual sums without considering how they may get the most enjoyment in return. Smoking is held to be something that you learn about instinctively, or a habit that requires little investigation. People with such an attitude shut their eyes to what they spend and what they smoke. As a result, cigars are bought, mishandled and sometimes wasted. Pipes which are the product of many years of skill and craftsmanship are bought by people who have little more than fancy to guide their choice, and smoked in ways that make it impossible for them to give satisfaction. Some brands of tobacco give delight to a few, but are never sampled by the majority. Cigarettes are sometimes selected as though the only distinguishing feature was the color and shape of the box.</q> Alfred H. Dunhill.<ref name=ahd7>Dunhill, A. H. (1954). The Gentle Art of Smoking., Introduction (p. xi). London: Max Reinhardt.</ref></blockquote> | To one whose business it is to interest the public in the whole realm of smoking, all this is a very great pity. Yet it is not wholly explained by the economic problems of the day. He who smokes at all can afford to vary the way in which he smokes and to learn a little more about the pleasure which, to say the least of it, is expensive enough. But having tried to cater for the whims and caprices of smokers for many years, I am sure that a little sound knowledge of tobacco and some spirit of adventure are the very qualities that the majority of smokers lack. Deeply conservative, so many are prepared to pay large annual sums without considering how they may get the most enjoyment in return. Smoking is held to be something that you learn about instinctively, or a habit that requires little investigation. People with such an attitude shut their eyes to what they spend and what they smoke. As a result, cigars are bought, mishandled and sometimes wasted. Pipes which are the product of many years of skill and craftsmanship are bought by people who have little more than fancy to guide their choice, and smoked in ways that make it impossible for them to give satisfaction. Some brands of tobacco give delight to a few, but are never sampled by the majority. Cigarettes are sometimes selected as though the only distinguishing feature was the color and shape of the box.</q> Alfred H. Dunhill.<ref name=ahd7>Dunhill, A. H. (1954). The Gentle Art of Smoking., Introduction (p. xi). London: Max Reinhardt.</ref></blockquote> | ||