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/^t/Being a non-smoker, you go to such a place and have your evening spoilt, and your feeling of comfort gone as a result. When you come into the university hall, any office or an official meeting, first you are forced to stop breathing for a while, then you are offered a cigarette. Most people smoke there, no matter who else is in the room and how he or she feels. A non-smoker must put up with the circumstances and conditions. Therefore, after the meeting, you leave fainting and come to the conclusion that you live in a society in which a cigarette is an indispensable ingredient of public and social life.