• naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 hours ago

    High quality (premium) cigarettes are THE gift especially for major events

    Yeah these were crazy, ornate glossy packaging, golden (possibly gold coated or gold leaf foil inside) they smelled amazing. I’ve been clean about 15 years and damned if I didn’t want to light one up.

    I don’t think it was deliberately disrespectful, no more so than the way diplomatic gifts usually carry layers of meaning and assertions of superiority and independence.