My friend (now in his '70s) is a lifelong dedicated pipe smoker and really does make a hobby out of it. He has an amazing array of specialist tools for scraping, cleaning, etc. He's a retired nuclear scientist and the most laid-back, contented man I know (which may be to do with his UKAEA pension!). I've never smoked in my life but when we stay with him I actually quite enjoy the aroma and the ambiance.
Around here you can still buy things like hookahs quite easily. There's one shop near here that has a display of them in the window. I guess it must have something to do with the large minority of North Africans and Turks in the area.
When I was a junior printer's devil our company accountant used to send me to the tobacconist for his regular 'ounce of Parson's Pleasure'.
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