{"id":7053,"date":"2020-04-22T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freud.org.uk\/?p=7053"},"modified":"2020-04-22T12:32:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T11:32:55","slug":"freud-and-his-cigars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freud.org.uk\/2020\/04\/22\/freud-and-his-cigars\/","title":{"rendered":"Freud and his Cigars"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sigmund Freud with his cigar in 1914 [left IN\/0013] and c.1935 [right IN\/0019]<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n
‘Smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you.\u2019<\/p>\n
Sigmund Freud<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sigmund Freud spoke these words to his nephew Harry when, at age 17, he\u00a0 declined the offer of a cigar from his uncle. Freud had begun smoking when he was twenty-four, following the example of his own father who had smoked until his death at eighty-one. Ernest Jones, Freud’s friend, colleague and biographer, suggested Freud\u2019s smoking should be described as an addiction rather than a habit.[1] <\/a>From what we know now, I’m sure medical professionals would agree!<\/p>\n