History Main / GoodsmokingEvilsmoking

* The era-appropriate exemption is played with in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', as Eddie Valiant either borrows or buys some cigarettes from some people he met on the Red Line trolley. The exemption is also thrown into sharper relief by the fact that it's a ''bunch of kids'' that supplied them.

* Commander Julius Root of ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' fame is well known for [[CigarChomper constantly having a cigar in his mouth]], though his are not made of tobacco but of some unnamed (and nasty-smelling) fungus. He's pretty badass, but mostly he's DaChief, so he's contractually obligated to have one.

** ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': Lorraine, Marty's mother, is introduced in 1985 as an alcoholic, so when Marty's in 1955, he tells the teenaged Lorraine that she shouldn't drink or else she'll regret it. After being a bit peeved, Lorraine lights a cigarette, which shocks Marty more, asking "Jesus, you smoke, too!?", to which Lorraine responds "[[{{Irony}} Marty, you're beginning to sound just like my mother]]...".

* Yuuko of ''Manga/XxxHoLiC'' smokes a traditional Japanese pipe a great part of her time at home. [[spoiler: Later on Watanuki eventually inherits and uses the pipe himself.]]

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
** UnluckyEverydude Jean Havoc is always smoking a cigarette, and is definitely a good guy. However the real reason the author made him a smoker was [[spoiler:just so he could throw Mustang a lighter in that ONE SCENE]].

->[[spoiler: '''Tsubaki ''']]: Yukiteru. There’s something important I have to tell you. \\

** Averted with Paulie, who's the only good character smoking cigars.

* Snake Plissken, tough guy badass from ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', smokes through that movie, and actually got the final shot with a PowerWalk and a cigarette. In ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' he doesn't have access to cigarettes until the end, in which he illuminates his face purely with the light of his match. In fact, the film is supportive of smoking rights. John Carpenter himself is a chain smoker.

** Captain Hook in ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' combines multiple "Evil Smoking" indicators into one; if he had a cigar ''or'' a cigarette holder, it would've been enough, but the fact that he not only combines the two, but uses a unique double-holder to smoke two cigars at once, is just overkill. He also does this in the book the movie is based on. Meanwhile, the territorial but neutral Indians pass around a peace pipe after reaching an accord with the Lost Boys: the morally ambivalent Peter smokes it without any problems, while of his new guests, Wendy stops Michael from trying it and refuses to do it herself, and John gets sick when he tries it.

* [[AntiHero The Convict]] in ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' is seen smoking and flicking her spent cigarette butts down into one of the bottomless chasms of The Breach while idle during character selection.[[spoiler:Fitting for a former ruthless crime lord.]]

->''"These days, when someone smokes in the movies, it's either a psychopath... or a European."''

* In ''Film/GhostRider'', the police try GoodCopBadCop on Johnny, and the good cop asks if he can have a cig. Johnny indicates he doesn't mind, but the Ghost Rider powers are in ready mode, and the cop's lighter flares up wildly.

** In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Desire not only smokes all the time, but he/she is apparently just ''lighting'' its cigarettes ''constantly''. This is possibly a subtle ShoutOut to Creator/OscarWilde: "''A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.''" A perfect habit for the incarnation of desire.

* In ''Film/SantaClausConquersTheMartians '', Santa Claus is depicted smoking a pipe in many scenes before being kidnapped by Martians.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-4999 SCP-4999]] smokes cigarettes. He appears beside those who are DyingAlone and offers them OneLastSmoke. If they accept, he puts the cigarette in their mouth, lights it, and lights one for himself; if they refuse, he smokes the offered cigarette himself. The cigarette is the only physical evidence he was ever there.

** Captain Hook in ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' combines multiple "Evil Smoking" indicators into one; if he had a cigar ''or'' a cigarette holder, it would've been enough, but the fact that he not only combines the two, but uses a unique double-holder to smoke two cigars at once, is just overkill. He also does this in the book the movie is based on. The morally grey Indians pass around a peace pipe after making peace with Peter and the lost boys. Peter, who is also a morally grey character is able to smoke it with out any problems, while Wendy stops Michael from trying it and refuses to do it herself and John gets sick when he tries it.
** Early in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' the kindly Gepetto smokes a pipe. That is the only smoking in the film that isn't evil smoking. The villains Honest John and Gideon smoke cigars, and the most villainous character, the Coachman, smokes a pipe while also encouraging the boys he abducts at Pleasure Island to smoke cigars including Pinocchio and Lampwick; when they do so, it's a sign they're being corrupted (and the smoking makes Pinocchio sick to his stomach). As noted above, it was also later used in a quit-smoking ad.

* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', according to [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].

* ''Manga/OnePiece '': Smokers who are Luffy's allies, such as crew member Sanji, smoke cigarettes. Those who are his enemies are more often the ones with cigars.

* Carface in ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', who is practically an {{Expy}} of Warren T. Rat, (mentioned below) does the same. If someone smokes in a Creator/DonBluth movie, they're a villain.

** In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', The Caterpillar smokes a hookah ominously, as he does in the book. Also, the FauxAffabilyEvil Walrus smokes a cigar, while the Dodo Bird smokes a pipe.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin1991'': In the adaptation of ''[[Recap/TintinKingOttokarsSceptre King Ottokar's Sceptre]]'', prof. Alembick's cigarette smoking habit was moved to his EvilTwin.

** This being ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', it eventually gets UpToEleven when we see John's Dad's WALLET MODUS contains, among other things, a pile of pipes that is about the same size as John, as well as 10 ''tons'' of pipe tobacco.

* As noted in the comics section above, actors portraying the ''Batman'' villain Penguin have appeared with a long cigarette-holder in their mouths or hands, in order to play up the character's snobbery and moral degeneracy. Ironically, both actors who played this character in live action -- Burgess Meredith and Creator/DannyDeVito -- were nonsmokers at the time. Rumor has it that Meredith's distinctive "waugh waugh waaaaugh" laugh was to cover up the cough that the herbal cigarettes caused.