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In the scene my informant and I, are outside in the smoking area next to Clevenger hall. We are having a casual conversation as people from all over Lafollette complex come out to smoke at the smoking area. The day was a particulary nice one, it was probably about 55 or 6o degrees out, so we were both just wearing jeans and a t-shirt. My informant and I are friends from high school, and he also happens to be my roommate. Needless to say, my informant and I have a good standing friendship, I have known him for about 5 years now, and we have developed a good friendship over that time.

My informant and I come from the same high school, we both grew up for the most part in rural Indiana, and we both have the same views on topics like smoking. We have the same view on almost everything that we talk about. Us having lived in rural Indiana, in my opinion, is the reason he and I have such a laxed view of smoking. Tobacco use among teenagers where we come from is not that frowned upon, so the use of it is everywhere. There isn't a power struggle with us, we are both equal parts of the interview.

My informant, Tyler, and I come from the same area, so he and I have the same southern Indiana draw. When he speaks, he will talk for a little bit, then stop, pause, think for a second or two, then continue, usually during this pause him and I will take a drag off the cigarettes that we are usually smoking.