Even before Genes & Development, Terri Grodzicker and I had developed a special relationship—we were both smokers. When I was promoted to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory staff in 1984, I inherited the departing Steve Hughes’ desk in the office he had shared with Terri. As such, during office gossiping sessions, our office would fill with a thick haze of smoke. Its seriousness was vividly brought to our attention one day when Yasha Gluzman—our jovial, burly colleague—opened our door to talk to us and could barely see us, or us him, through the dense smoke. It was but one of the embarrassments that led us, thankfully, to become lifelong exsmokers.

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甚至在Genes & Development之前，Terri Grodzicker 和我就建立了一种特殊的关系——我们都是吸烟者。当我在 1984 年被提升为冷泉港实验室的工作人员时，我继承了即将离任的史蒂夫休斯在他与特丽共用办公室的办公桌。因此，在办公室八卦期间，我们的办公室会弥漫着浓浓的烟雾。有一天，当我们愉快、魁梧的同事雅莎·格鲁兹曼 (Yasha Gluzman) 打开我们的门与我们交谈时，透过浓烟几乎看不到我们，也看不到我们他，这件事的严重性生动地引起了我们的注意。值得庆幸的是，这只是导致我们成为终生戒烟者的尴尬之一。