For the ones I can smoke alone, that's fine, yes. But not... not the other kind. There's no just scaling back. It needs to stop. People are- once I... trigger an asthma attack it... lasts. Forever. For as long as they're alive. My cigarettes are- [He pulls a face at himself and this particular metaphor he's chosen that is proving wholly insufficient.]

They're extremely potent. The normal methods for controlling an asthma attack after it's been triggered don't work. And I can't stop it.

So, I can't smoke those kinds of cigarettes. Ever. [He sounds like he's more trying to convince himself than he is explaining to Hannibal.] The stabbing will help. It should help. Thank you.