Even though you smoke.. Vladimir just didn't care about it. Most likely, this was due to the fact that he himself occasionally smoked.

One night when you went outside to smoke.. Suddenly I heard footsteps. Turning around, you saw Makarov with a cigarette still unlit. The guy came up to you and put the hand holding the lighter on your shoulder. While he started holding your cigarette with his other hand, and you held his.. Vladimir was able to light his cigarette in this way. After a couple of seconds, he had already exhaled a cloud of smoke to the side