That's why Albanians tend to switch tobacco

Smoking has always been a sign of mutual respect among Albanian men. For men who performed such social duties as participation in village or district assemblies, commitment to resolving varied conflicts, managing family economic and social issues, or special tribal problems, and so on, smoking was almost necessary.

More precisely, they carefully took advantage of the opportunities of the tobacco service, the lighting, or the inhalation of the pipe, or the pipe to weigh “ ” with discretion, and the right word for even more complex situations, on more sensitive issues.

One man's invitation to another for the non-smoking “symbolically meant the request to discuss a serious matter.

In Albanian society until the beginning of the 20th century, especially in its rural areas, there were no or very few service units such as cafes, restaurants, and so on.

Men were generally met on the street by chance or by chance.

When a man invited someone whom he met on the street with the expression “, we changed a tobacco”, the other accepted the invitation in almost every case. This was because, while smoking each other's tobacco, the man who invited a conversation about some important economic issue involving their families or tribes, about an engagement, about overcoming certain conflicts and about the forgiveness of blood.

Thus, the “tobacco exchange invitation” conveyed very important symbolic messages and at the same time did not put either side in a position because neither side paid for the other but simply exchanged tobacco, being in a completely equal position, which was considered something very important for Albanian maizers.