Table of Contents

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Introduction

PART I: THANK YOU FOR NOT SMOKING

Park & Play

Hannah Tinti

My Simple Plan

Ariel Gore

The Renovation of the Just

Christopher Sorrentino

Deathbed Vigil

Jonathan Ames

PART II: HUNGRY FOR FLAVOR?

Dying for a Cigarette

Lee Child

The Smoke-Free Room

Achy Obejas

Spécial Treatment

Cara Black

Yasiri

Michael Imperioli

PART III: ARRIVALS DEPARTURES

Smoking Jesus

Eric Bogosian

The Summer You Lit Up

Lauren Sanders

Climax, Oregon

Robert Arellano

Freshly Cut

Peter Kimani

PART IV: INHALE TO YOUR HEART’S CONTENT

Smoke Break

David L. Ulin

God’s Work

Bernice L. McFadden

Menthol

Jerry Stahl

Vaping: A User’s Manual

Joyce Carol Oates

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