times have changed and we’ve often rewound the clock since the Puritans got a shock when they landed on Plymouth rock

Man in drugstore loudly proclaims he wants a three-pack of Trojans then lowers his voice, "and a carton of Marlboros."

"Do cigarettes in movies mean sex?"

"Why do you bring that up?" she said accusingly.

"I read that somewhere in American Studies."

And I walked away and thought of the beautiful packaging of a box of Gitanes, blue background with the silhouette of a gypsy (gitane) dancing amid the fumes of a cigarette.

Here's to the Gitanes of yesteryear. — DL