JOE FILES HIS NAILS. HE LIGHTS A CIGARETTE AND
INHALES, RELAXED. HE STARES AT THE CIGARETTE,
CONTEMPLATING

JOE TRIES TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE BUTT, BURNS
HIMSELF AND GLARES AT THE CAMERA IN FRUSTRATION

CU HAND TAPPING ASHES OFF CIGARETTE. JOE CLIPS
ARTICLE OUT OF PAPER. CU OF ARTICLE "QUIT
SMOKING". HE SENDS A LETTER. EXITING WITH
CIGARETTE, THEN TAKES ONE LAST DRAG ON THE BUTT
BEFORE LEAVING.

JOE THROWS CIGARETTES AND ASHTRAY OUT THE
WINDOW IN DETERMINATION WHILE HAVING HIS SHOES
SHINED. EATS A CANDY CIGARETTE.

JOE BUYS A MOVIE TICKET. SITS DOWN AND TRIES TO
GET COMFORTABLE. CROSSES HIS ARMS AND LOOKS AT
THE SCREEN IN SURPRISE

CU JOE GETTING UNEASY. HE BEGINS TO RELAX UNTIL
THE MAN NEXT TO HIM STARTS SMOKING. HE LIGHTS
UP ANOTHER BUTT AND STARTS TO SMOKE. THE
USHERETTE COMES ALONG AND JOE CLOSES HIS MOUTH
AROUND THE CIGARETTE, LOOKING UP AT HER IN
INNOCENT EXPRESSION. AS SHE LEAVES HIS FACE
REGISTERS PAIN AND HE STARTS TO COUGH. LEAVES
THE THEATER.

JOE LIGHTS UP BUT DOESN'T INHALE. HE'S
IRRITATED. PLACES THE ASHTRAY ACROSS THE ROOM
AND SITS DOWN TO READ A MAGAZINE. HE PLACES
THREE MORE CIGARETTES ON THE MANTEL BEFORE
THROWING THE PACK AWAY. HE SITS AGAIN. LOOKS
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE ASHTRAY AND THE
MANTEL

SILHOUETTE / PROFILE OF WOMAN SMOKING. MAN
LIGHTS ONE CIGARETTE OFF THE BUTT OF ANOTHER.
MAN TALKING WITH CIGARETTE IN MOUTH. WOMAN
SITTING SMOKING WITH CIGARETTE HOLDER. MAN IN
TUXEDO SMOKING, WOMAN HOLDING CIGARETTE IN
THE AIR. WOMAN PUTTING LIPSTICK ON WHILE SMOKING

JOE OPENS A PACKAGE. TRIES A PILL, SMILES WITH
JOY AND TAKES TWO MORE