Find Mom's Cigarette Analysis

According to Davis Sedaris’ “Diary of A Smoker,” he stands behind the belief that second hand smoke is overly exaggerated. He down plays the effect it has on others and even makes it a lesser evil to cigars and crack. Sedaris was a long time smoker, as was his mother. Sedaris mother was never without a cigarette in hand, and even after being diagnosed with cancer, she never quit smoking. Sedaris jokes that on Christmas, the Sedaris children would often play, "Find Mom, Find Mom's Cigarettes." According to David ,every single picture ever taken of his mother showed a cigarette, no matter the activity. Even after his mom was diagnosed with cancer, it never occurred to anyone in the family that she might actually quit. There was no judgment,