The Italian Svevo (real name Ettore Schmitz, 1861-1928), one of the most passionate smokers and writers, is worth mentioning and studying for his peculiar and eccentric approach to smoking and the allure of the last cigarette. The image of the promise of the last cigarette and the "definitive" cutting off of the bad "habit" is unique, as the smoker, having made all kinds of vows, perhaps resorts to the most original:

Today

Sunday, March 21, 1897, exactly 12:00

Ettore Schmitz, after exhausting all kinds of vows, swore devoutly, on the lid of the toilet tank, never to smoke again. Amen!

How beautiful it is to smoke a cigarette and say that it is the last one, and to taste, besides the smoke, "the feeling of victory over it and the hope of a near future full of strength and health!" Svevo highlights and simplifies life. It helps us live, understand. It tells us that when you are under a lot of pressure to solve a problem, later that problem will no longer be a problem. But there will be another one. You are called to look at life and face it. But what is life? "Life is authentic," "It is a disease of matter," "So the cigarette is not a disease, life itself is."