Which brand of cigarrettes would have smoked a wealthy woman in the 1930s ( Read more... )

The character is a healthy man in his late 20's who has smoked a pipe daily since he was about 12 - he comes from a place where this is normal and basically everyone smokes. During the story he travels to a distant land where tobacco is completely nonexistent. Obviously he's gonna have some withdrawl issues ( Read more... )

Hello little_details, you have been extremely helpful to me in the past, and now I have some (hopefully final!) questions for you about the novel I am writing. It's broadly set in Leningrad between the 1920s and 1940s, though I will be more specific in terms of timing in my individual questions. I have done a lot of research (internet-based and book-based) and ( Read more... )

I am writing a piece on a young man's observations of America- set in current times ( Read more... )

Hello, all.

Just a quick research question: what brand of cigarettes is the son of a powerful mafia boss likely to smoke? The character in question comes from a family that enjoys flaunting their class as well as their wealth.

I've been to the TV Tropes page on Good Smoking, Evil Smoking and got nothing. This page on cigarette brands/stereotypes ( Read more... )

I don't know if this can be answered, but I want to get an idea about how it makes people feel to drink alcohol or smoke a cigarette. And I'd like to hear about a range of alcoholic beverages. I'm not looking for how people feel when drunk. I'm looking for the feeling from a glass or two. Since I can't use my own impressions, I don't want to ( Read more... )

Modern day, all over the world.

Not entirely sure how to google this, because I'm looking for more anecdotal kinds of information.

I have two characters who are both long-term smokers. I don't really need any help on the mechanics of smoking (I don't reall smoke myself, but I have done so enough times to know what it's like), but more about ( Read more... )

Google searched: "cigarette smell 1960s" (and "1950s"), "cigarette smell hotels 1960s", "stale cigarette smell", "cigarette smell upkeep 1960s"

Okay, so I've tried a few search terms, but I'm unsure of how to get what I want. I keep getting stuff about how to get that stale cigarette smell out of old homes.

Basically, I have a story set in the early ( Read more... )

Story is set in an American summer camp for girls in the late 1980s, in New Hampshire. One of the characters is a British girl, about 17 years old, of significant wealth. Her mother went to this camp as a child, and arranges to send her there as a counselor; she wants her daughter to have a real American summer experience ( Read more... )

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