We need to smoke the habit, not window dress it – VnExpress International

My friends eyes flashed anger and then filled with tears.
We didnt say anything. We didnt have to.
We had promised each other that we would quit smoking. “If you see me smoke, you should slap me so it really hurts,” hed said.
One day, I went to his house to see him without prior notice and saw him drinking tea by himself, with a lit cigarette still in the ashtray.
He looked at me apologetically, but I slapped him anyway, despite knowing the action might not help him.
Nearly ten years…

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