"Cigarette Jousting" -- A Danger To Our Youth
A new "game" is spreading like wild fire across parties around our kids’ college campuses, and in some cases high schools. It is ugly, self-destructive, and frankly, stupid. The kids call it “cigarette-jousting”.
Two competitors stand at opposite corners of a room. They put their hands behind there backs while a neutral figure of some kind -- usually a taller, loudmouthed boy -- hand-rolls two thick cigarettes, places one in each competitors mouths, and lights them. These cigarettes are oftentimes laced with intonation juice, pot, or other dangerous and illegal drugs. Crowds of rambunctiously cheering, inebriated students gather ‘round. When the neutral figure, or referee, or whoever, yells “Ready, joust!” the two competitors run towards each other. They hold their hands behind their backs, sometimes zip-tied, to enforce a heads-first run towards one anoother. The goal is to either knock the cigarette out of your opponent’s mouth, or to burn their neck harshly enough for the pain to cause them to drop their cigarette.
Kids are going to class on Monday mornings with nasty burns and stomach aches caused by swallowing pieces of cigarettes. No matter the outcome, at least one competitor is left hurt or sick with ashes in their belly. Because when the jousters drop their cigarettes too easily, the crowds yell “weak jaw” and make them go at it again. They go again and again, oftentimes smashing forehead-to-forehead like animals, until someone gets burned or swallows burning tobacco. It is so bad, that swallowing only counts when a person can open their mouth to prove that the missing part of their cigarette is nowhere to be found.
There are rumors that kids are keeping tallies of “points”, and in some cases brandishing totals on their Facebook profiles. One point for a swallow, and two for a burn. The highest scorer me and the other mothers could find had inflicted a terrible 25 burns and 30 swallows. We will not include his name here, for the sake of not rewarding him for his foolishness.
This game is no good and ought to be nipped in the butt before it spreads further. We parents and teachers of Amherst especially need to fight this silly game before it spreads to younger generations. And, in order to do so, we need to educate our kids. Parents, call your kids. Ask them if they cigarette joust. Tell them that it is ok if they do, but that they need to stop, for their own good. If they have never heard of the game, tell them what it is and how harmful it is, so that if they have the opportunity to cigarette joust in the future, they will know better. Teachers, do your part as well. You are the most influential figures in children’s lives besides Family and Facebook.
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