Dan Nemets, a sophomore at Central Michigan University, likes the TV show "Family Guy," heavy-metal musician Ozzy Osbourne and a good pipe.
Mr. Nemets took up pipe smoking 18 months ago after strolling into a pipe and tobacco store near the Mount Pleasant campus with a friend. Mr. Nemets can't smoke in his dorm room but has networked with other youthful smokers on Facebook in the Collegiate Gentlemen's Pipe Smoking League.
"They say everyone has an inner child," the 19-year-old says. "I guess I have an inner old man."
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I myself started on a corncob in university and moved up to buy a couple of Stanwells, but after a brief pipe renaissance, I think I’ll put that habit aside for now.
Although I’m not sure the fact that this kid likes Ozzy Osbourne lends any kind of credibility to the idea that “the kids” are smoking pipes. The nerdy misfit kids, maybe.
