So basically cigarettes was their dedication to their relationships, he wasn’t willing to quit for the girlfriend in the first place, doesn’t matter that in words he was saying he was considering marrying her, he wasn’t serious about her
Then the younger guy picked up smoking as a step towards him and asked him to keep smoking to pick him and not her and he did
And while younger is in the army he quit to later get the younger guy to quit too as dedication to their new relationship
Cigarette