Dave flies across America to save his addicted family but they will have none of it. He is quickly fogged in by their den of alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Doing everything he can think of to find clarity, he only manages shrill doses of blame. As his marriage is falling apart on the west coast, his birth family wafts through its own toxic cloud in the east. His mother, Joyce, dropped her meds - cold-turkey - the day her daughter gave birth, resulting in severe drug withdrawal. As Dave’s sister Susan was wheeled into delivery, Joyce was hauled off to the psych ward. David Sr. and brother Joe do everything they can to keep the family from ever changing, while Susan’s baby is failing to thrive. This family is functioning at its worst when it should be at its best. Who saves the baby is what this story is about. Who saves Dave is something he has to figure out. A good fight to the smoldering finish ignites the bright sparks of inescapable truth that burn into this dark comedy to make - A GOOD SMOKE (Read by Meryl Streep at The Public Theater)