Topical Guide 536
Mark Dorset
Communication: Nonverbal: Smoking
Reservations Recommended, Chapter 6:
“Belinda’s — she’s kind of up in the air, I think,” says Liz, letting the remark dangle. Back in her smoking days, she would have taken a puff now and let the smoke out slowly, making visible the teasing thread of her remark.
It’s a shame she doesn’t smoke anymore. She used to handle that tantalizing interruption very well. Now she has no real substitute for it.
Here is Sylvia Sidney smoking eloquently in Mr. Ace (1946):
See also:
Communication: Signal and Noise TG 67
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