Early Observations

[chuckp]

In any event, do you have a larger version of the image and could/would you share it?

Sorry, I did not address this part of your post.....just Google Barry Fitzgerald images, you'll see plenty. That's where I got this one.

 

[newbroom]

Nicotine. Try it! You might like it? Getting it via the mucosa rather than the whatever those things are in your lungs, in pipe smoke, is purportedly far less of a threat.

Enjoy the hobby as much as you and it will allow. No worries.

I had a white mustache that started to get red and brown with retrohale. Shaved it!

I probably stink of tobacco to high heavens. Love that smell, don't you? (not the cigarette stuff and the ashes)

 

[bigpond]

That is the Irish born actor Barry Fitzgerald, love his movies.....Try and see the 1952 movie "The Quiet Man", with John Wayne. I saw it the other night on TCM.

I knew that was familiar but I couldn't place it. They have that movie on loop at Ashford Castle and I must have watched it back to back one a rainy afternoon or two.
To add a data point I smoke 2-3 bowls/week. A bowl takes me usually between 2-4 hours to get through. I guess I qualify as a slow smoker. I smoke out of doors exclusively. I wear a designated smoking jacket and hat and after regular washing I have little to no lingering smoking odor. Typically, I smoke Virginia based mixtures which tend to have a less aggressive aroma than do Latakia blends.
Smoking is not healthy. Not smoking is also not healthy. Know what I mean?