A Budapesti smoker is that
friend who, despite being a non-smoker back home, seems to surprisingly have a secret alter
ego that only emerges in Budapests smoking areas. This is a person who usually avoids cigarettes but, once surrounded by the atmospheric ruin bars and lively clubs of the city, picks up the habit with a passion. This results in a peculiar phenomenon: a temporary transformation fuelled by the
unique social environment that encourages a level of consumption far beyond their usual habits.
" I knew I had a
problem when my friends asked me if I'd become a full-time
smoker, and I replied with 'No, I was just a temporary Budapesti smoker' "
" Every time we come back to Budapest, my
friend transforms. It's like her Budapesti smoker persona just takes over at the first sight of Morrisons bar"