One of the
superpowers a
smoker aquires after he or she becomes
addicted to his or her
habit. This enables said smoker to finish a
cigarette in under five minutes, generally in about three or four. This is, of course, dependent on what sort of
cigarettes are being smoked.
American Spirits, power-lunged, could probably take as little as half an hour to finish.
Power-lunging is typically done while on some sort of
break. It is common among
retail employees,
high school students,
Greyhound passengers, and those in a position of needing
nicotine who, due to
social stigmas, are granted no break to
indulge and are thus forced to
smoke a cigarette in the same amount of time it takes to
go to the bathroom.
Power-lunging is done out of
necessity, rather than a predilection toward
smoking really really fast. The practice, while it is an effective method of delivering
carbon monoxide to oxygen choked cells, is not an enjoyable one. It hurts ones throat, and the build up of heat in the mouth, not given time to cool off between
drags, has a negative impact on the cigarette's
taste.