Two basic points: Smoke hard and enjoy it.

Light up and be grateful you are alive as you draw in the smoke. [LALD 13] Bond never got along well with people who didn't smoke or who frowned on it [LALD 3, T 5]. But never smoke habitually; It is a pleasure, not a habit.

You are primarily a cigarette smoker, and your basic consumption is sixty a day [T 1], though 70 is not unheard of [CR 1]. Your preferred cigarette is a Balkan and Turkish mixture with three gold bands at unfiltered butt end [CR 4, 8]. You had these made specially at Morland's, 83 Grosvenor St., W1, but since the demise of that firm, you sustitute other brands of similar blend, Senior Service for example.

When abroad you have a variety of preferred smokes:

• US: Chesterfield King [G 16] or Lucky Strike [LALD 1].
• France: Laurens Jaune [FYEO 1]
• West Indies: Royal Blend [DN 5] (Out of produiction, but try Craven "A", the ones made in Jamaica, not Canada -CC.)
• Japan: Shinsei [YOLT 5] These hit the palate and lungs like 90 proof spirits and their combustion resembles that of a slow burning firework, so take it gently at first.
• Turkey: Diplomates [FRWL 14].

Cigars and cheroots: You don't smoke them. You find them suspect and indicative of evil intent [FYEO 4], M's enjoyment of them notwithstanding [OHMSS 21].

Accessories

A wide, thin cigarette case of black gunmetal with room for fifty [TSWLM 10, G1, CR 1]. A black oxidized Ronson light, preferably well-battered [G1, FRWL 25]