> I realised pretty quickly that I'd need something to distract myself with, though. A friend of mine tells me he carried a biro around when he gave up, for no other freason than that it was something to play with. I decided, perhaps a little pervesely, to use my lighter for that purpose. Apart from anything else, I always did like the smell of burning petrol.

Two questions: 1) What's a "biro?" and 2) Doesn't playing with your lighter sort of defeat the purpose of having a distraction? I would think it would be a reminder of what you aren't supposed to have rather than a distraction from it.

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