Do Jamie and Paul smoke?
Yes they do, Jamie a lot more than Paul. Jamie talks of the taste of the first cigarette in the morning [1.3] and the desire to light up a cigarette after sex [1.19]. And under stress she sneaks a few puffs, sometimes even openly [2.4, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13], and Paul is well aware of the habit [3.12]. Now that she is pregnant, presumably the habit is on hold. Paul rarely smokes cigarettes, although he is shown enjoying a smoke in the role of a Secret Service agent at the Caribbean resort [3.18]. He smokes cigars more readily, especially the Cuban ones proffered by Kramer [1.8]. But while Mark and Ira are puffing away [4.22], Paul is too busy rationalizing his actions to light his stogie; he similarly chews on his cigar after getting a parking spot in a local garage [4.2]. Ira has been seen with a cigarette once, at The Russian Tea Room with Paul and Jamie and Diane “Spy Girl” Caldwell [1.20], though he doesn’t light up. Burt Buchman has perhaps given up smoking, although in the 1960s his ch
