Cigarettes

"Extra cigarettes? (pg. 181)

In The Handmaids Tale, cigarettes were a symbol for the freedom of women. As reader's get more into the novel, they see when Offred loses the right to have any possession of money. Although cigarette smoke is irritating to some, it is what attract Offred to Nick. When she first sees, him he is surrounded my cigarette smoke which illustrates his freedom.