An elder in Yunnan province, China, smokes a cheroot through a long bamboo pipe, which helps to cool the smoke. Portuguese traders brought tobacco from South America to Asia more than 500 years ago and smoking quickly spread to every corner of the continent. The variety of devices and methods used to imbibe the addictive leaf is fascinating. Some traditional pipes like this elongated one are now rarely seen. Taken in rural Yunnan in 1982 with a Nikon FM2 and kodachrome slide film.