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1. • • In the 1930s and ’40s, tobacco companies paid Hollywood stars to appear in cigarette ads and smoke on screen. In return, the studios received funding for film advertising. Some actors, including Joan Crawford and Carole Lombard, appeared smoking in posters that promoted both the film and the brand of cigarette.
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     Smoking: Why is it making a comeback in films and TV shows?

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   Why do people smoke in movies?

   • Plenty of films, including the 1926 silent romantic drama Flesh and the Devil, would cut away from an intimate moment to someone smoking to indicate that much more than a kiss had just transpired. Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers. SEACIA PAVAO/FOCUS FEATURES. Smoking was also a way to instantly signal that a character was cool.

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   Why do actors smoke?

   • Entertainment and tobacco: what a drag. Smoking is often used in acting performances to flesh out a character or setting, particularly to signify a sense of sophistication, historical authenticity, or rebelliousness. In theatrical performances, actors have long used fake or herbal cigarettes in smoking scenes due to public health concerns.

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   Should you smoke in a film?

   • Now smoking in a film stands out, often transporting the viewer to a time period that’s long gone. When Alexander Payne decided he wanted his film set in the 1970s to feel like it had been made in the 1970s (even creating a fake Focus Features logo and degraded film stock), it was a no-brainer to include smoking.

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   Is smoking back in movies?

   • Smoking Is Back in Movies. Here’s Why Maestro, Cassandro, Saltburn, and more movies this season use lighting up to capture time, character, and sometimes tragedy. Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in Maestro. JASON MCDONALD/NETFLIX.

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   Should smoking be banned in movies?

   • While depictions of smoking might now be banned by a lot of TV networks, puffing on a cigarette remains too cinematic for many filmmakers to resist, giving their characters instant pensiveness (just look at this year’s Oscar contender Carol, which is 95% shots of Cate Blanchett smoking while looking sultry and thoughtful).

   What actors are actually smoking and snorting in movies

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   Do actors smoke real cigarettes?

   • In theatrical performances, actors have long used fake or herbal cigarettes in smoking scenes due to public health concerns. Throughout most of Hollywood cinematic history, however, actors smoked real tobacco products on set.

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3. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › smoking-in-moviesSmoking Is Back in Movies. Here’s Why - Vanity Fair

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   Dec 18, 2023 · Smoking Is Back in Movies. Here’s Why Maestro, Cassandro, Saltburn, and more movies this season use lighting up to capture time, character, and sometimes tragedy.

4. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk › entry › heres-what-actorsHere's What Actors Are Actually Smoking On Screen – And We're ...

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   Feb 16, 2024 · Are they just destroying packets of cigarettes a la Dot Cotton actress June Brown? Well, one TikToker has shared what our fave celebs are actually smoking – and it turns out things are far more...

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5. www.smh.com.au › culture › tv-and-radioSmoking: Why is it making a comeback in films and TV shows?

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   Mar 18, 2022 · Cigarettes and movies have been inextricably linked for generations. Ever since the advent of the talkies, tobacco companies have understood the power of film to shape cultural norms.

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   Aug 8, 2023 · Culture writers Olivia Rose Rushing and Anne T. Donahue dig into why viewers might be seeing a lot more smoking on TV and movies right now from shows like The Idol, Stranger Things and movies...

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   Feb 3, 2016 · The ‘slow smoke’ and ‘rapid pan out as character does line of cocaine’ are so ubiquitous in film they verge on being tropes, but how do films achieve the effect without a) breaking the law ...

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    Dec 6, 2023 · In life and in cinema, smoking has become increasingly rare, taboo and transgressive. And that’s why it’s returning to our screens in style. Oscar Wilde once wrote in The Picture of Dorian ...