Jake is 15 years old, in this photo he is waiting for his friends who were 10 minutes late, while he had arrived at their usual meeting point 15 minutes early. For him this means waiting and time to smoke more.
In fact, Jake has a great passion and addiction for cigarettes at his young age. He started early at 12 and has always increased until reaching 30 a day in just 3 years. He smokes everywhere and continuously and many tell him to cut down, but he does the exact opposite: he increases more and more. Now he wants to reach 2ppd by the age of 16. He loves the sensation that large quantities of tar and nicotine give to his young body and the fact that they are requested, absorbed, filtered and deposited in the young lungs excites him. From the sensation he feels, thinking about how much he smokes and the decrease in his breathing he understood that they are already black because of the tar that they are covered with inside. This doesn't worry him because he knows very well that it is normal and positive for a heavy smoker like him. When he tells his friends, they are fascinated and impressed, thinking how tough and virile he is, risking tarring his lungs for pure pleasure. Some admire him and want to follow his example, even if they are worried about their health: he explains to them that for such a strong pleasure, health comes second.
Returning to the photo, Jake had decided to stock up on a lot of thick smoke in these 25 minutes. He took out of his bag one of the two packs of Reds that he always carries with him (he also has a spare lighter) and lit the first one, then the second one and then, after 15 minutes, he put out the third one on the floor. The three filters were very dark, but he doesn't give himself limits and he knew that breathing more smoke would do him good: he lit two more at the same time and another one was already ready on the pack. After 10 minutes his friends arrived, they immediately smelled the strong smell of smoke he had and lowering their gaze they understood, seeing the six butts charred by the power of his lungs that had sucked everything up to the filter. They were certainly not surprised, but they complimented him while he boasted about the result of his dedication.
