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* In ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'', the two heroes are often seen smoking pipe. Olrik, their {{Archenemy}}, is often shown with a cigarette holder.

* [[CigarChomper Characters who smoke lots of cigars]] are some combination of badass, {{jerkass}} and rich. Generally, the CorruptCorporateExecutive and rebel will smoke cigars. If the smoker is out of shape and well-dressed, then they're evil or at least a self-important jerk (unless they're UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill). If the smoker is muscle-bound and wearing rough clothing, they're generally either morally gray or heroic badasses. A woman who smokes a cigar is usually either TheVamp or rather butch. It isn't entirely clear-cut, but good characters will often smoke slender cigars, and evil characters fat ones. Since Cuba, until recently, was under a trade embargo from the US, anyone in American media who smokes Cuban cigars has often been depicted to be some stripe of sleazebag. See ItsCuban for more.

Contrast SmokingIsCool, EverybodySmokes, and NoSmoking.

* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' is granted the suspension for toughness. The tough heroine Marion Ravenwood smokes during her meeting with Todt in her saloon, and blows smoke in his face and makes him cough. Watch it on [=YouTube=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYFYumKhtE0 here, starting around 4:40]].

** Dr. Stephen Strange, the man who eventually became Comicbook/DoctorStrange, is shown lighting a cigarette ''in the operating room'' immediately after performing a surgery. In context, it indicates how self-centered he was.

** ''The ComicBook/XMen'':

* Miss Misery in ''Comicbook/SleeperWildStorm''. For her to stay perfectly healthy, she has to do bad things, which is why she's always seen smoking.

The critical change was in 1964 when the US Surgeon General released a damning report of the incontrovertible link between smoking and lung cancer, which convinced the public to gradually turn against tobacco. By UsefulNotes/TheSeventies, the NoSmoking trope had gotten sufficient strength that tobacco advertising on American TV was banned and artists were encouraged to downplay tobacco such as in the TV series, ''Series/{{Kojak}}'', when the detective switched to lollipops and made them his trademark.

* Before the climate changed against smoking, Marlboro had a series of ads featuring The Marlboro Man, a cowboy who would invite viewers to "come to where the flavor is". Marlboro cigarettes were ''so'' popular that there was a billboard of the Marlboro Man ''blowing smoke rings'' on Times Square in New York until the late [[TheEighties 80s.]]

* GreatDetective from Germany, ''ComicStrip/NickKnatterton'', smokes pipe. He's from TheFifties.

* In the ''VideoGame/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' LicensedGame for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], Fat Cat is the FinalBoss. He is seen smoking a cigar, and attacks Chip and/or Dale by [[BlowingSmokeRings blowing cigar smoke at them]].

* Father, the BigBad from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', has a pipe, appropriate since he's patterned after a StandardFiftiesFather. Another villain, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Boss]], has a cigar.

* In ''Anime/EighthMan'', 8 Man (AKA Tobor the Eighth Man) had to smoke (or maybe eat) cigarettes to keep his powers running. Later versions of the character had him shoot up drugs instead.

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

** Franchise/{{Batman}} has been seen smoking a pipe in his Bruce Wayne identity as late as 1980 in an issue of ''New Teen Titans''. He was addressing Robin in a fatherly way while relaxing in his armchair.
** ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} constantly chainsmokes whenever he's unmasked and not killing something. This is indicative of his DeathSeeker status.
** ComicBook/LexLuthor is often shown smoking those evil cigars. Well, he is incredibly rich...
** [[Characters/{{Superman}} Manchester Black]]. His sister [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueElite Vera]] also develops a smoking habit [[spoiler:as she increasingly becomes convinced that he's inside her head]].
** A cigarette holder is part of ComicBook/ThePenguin's iconic look.

** On the evil side of the equation, ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}} was often seen lighting up cigarettes before Marvel banned them.

*** His ArchEnemy the ComicBook/RedSkull smokes a cigarette on a holder, often using it to conceal his [[PerfectPoison Dust of Death]] and use it on an enemy.

** The Thing has been known to chomp on cigars, as has ComicBook/NickFury. This was because their shared co-creator Creator/JackKirby loved cigars, and put elements of himself into both characters.

** Mob boss ComicBook/TheKingpin originally had a cigarette holder, but switched to villainous cigars after they went out of style. Naturally, he only selects the best Cuban cigars.

*** ComicBook/{{Gambit}} was known to smoke in his early appearances in the 90s.
*** ComicBook/KittyPryde only smokes when she's been somehow turned evil or possessed by something evil. The regular, non-possessed Kitty learned a long time ago that she had no interest in smoking after trying one of Wolverine's cigars in a moment of extreme frustration. A scene that Marvel would never allow in the modern era, since Kitty was only 15 at the time.
*** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} used to smoke cigars, but eventually gave up the habit, specifically directly after [[ComicBook/FatalAttractionsMarvelComics losing his adamantium]] to Magneto's cruelty; his healing power got extremely taxed during that incident, which may have something to do with it (in-universe, at least). Paraphrasing:

* In the original ''Film/M'' (1931), Inspector Karl Lohmann of the Berlin police smokes cigars using a holder.
* In ''Film/MarsAttacks'' [[TheProfessor Professor]] [[ScientistVersusSoldier Donald Kessler]] spends several scenes with a pipe in his mouth (notably when he's discussing the possibility of the Martians being peaceful because they are a technologically advanced race) showcasing he's a classy old-school sci-fi OmnidisciplinaryScientist while Art Land puffs cigarettes like a chimney and is [[{{Jerkass}} a complete asshole]]. His wife Barbara also starts to puff a lot after the Pahrump massacre (as well as binges on alcohol), but it's pretty obvious [[INeedAFreakingDrink she's doing it to try to keep her nerves calm]].

* In the 1970s ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' ComicBook/LoisLane not only smoked, but she smoked Marlboros. Because Marlboros are thought to be a manly cigarette, this was probably characterization for Lois Lane as a {{tomboy}}. Superman does warn her about the dangers of smoking as she does so, and in the distant sequel ''Film/SupermanReturns'', actually blows out her lighter before she can light them. As a sign of changing times, Lois smoking is treated as a slightly bigger deal in ''Returns''.

* The character Halloween smokes cloves in ''Literature/{{Idlewild}}'' as part of his teenage rebellion. He is very cool. The character Pandora also smokes cloves, presumably for the same reason, perhaps because [[spoiler:she loves Halloween and wants to share something with him.]]

** Josie Packard is shown smoking using a cigarette holder just before it is revealed that she is not so innocent and is scheming with Benjamin Horne

* In Wrestling/{{WCW}}, The Giant (now Wrestling/TheBigShow in WWE) would smoke cigarettes in the ring following a FaceHeelTurn late in his WCW run.

* Tychus in ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' smokes cigars, inside his helmet, and fits the JerkAss stereotype. Raynor on the other hand keeps a pack of cigarettes in his bandolier that he's only shown smoking a couple times, fitting with his "outlaw/rebel but good man" characterization. Straight-laced boy scout Matt Horner is only ever shown smoking a cigar once, when he and Raynor (with his own cigar) light up in celebration of [[spoiler:exposing Mengsk's war crimes]].

** ComicBook/ThePenguin was initially shown with his trademark cigarette holder, as befitting his WickedCultured ManOfWealthAndTaste aesthetic. Much like with Commissioner Gordon, Penguin seemed to have given up smoking by ''The New Batman Adventures''.

* Apparently supporting Bob Clampett's statement that WesternAnimation/BugsBunny was a take on [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]], the quazy wabbit has many times in his career been seen enjoying cigars.

** "WesternAnimation/GravityFalls" shows this in an episode featuring living wax museum which includes a Groucho Marx who appears to be holding... nothing. He even lampshades this by asking, "Hey, why is there nothing in my hand?"

* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'',

* [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Tom Cat]] occasionally smoked when he was trying to impress a female, which makes it a very early example of "only big dummies smoke".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

* In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', a well-known ship thief named Niles Ferrier smokes [[CallARabbitASmeerp carabbaba tabac cigarras]] - think small cigar with beige smoke - and the smell of carabbaba tabac smoke is something various characters use to pinpoint the man's location. He's scum. The heroes use him, and Thrawn pays him to do various things, but no one likes him and it's not hard to see why.
** Elsewhere in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, Lando Calrissian occasionally smokes a cigarra, but not at all often. Possibly only when he was young.
** Dannik Jerriko in ''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina'' and ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' smokes. He calls it a disgusting habit, and persists all the same (one of the people whose brains he ate was a smoker so he ended up addicted). In ''Galaxy of Fear'' he actually uses his smoking as an alibi, pointing to the amount of ash in his living area as a sign that he couldn't have been out murdering people.

* In his youth, Pufftail from ''Literature/{{Stray}}'' associated "smoke-breathing" with cruel, abusive humans. He didn't realize until later that humans smoke for various reasons.

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Bandy Candy]]", both Joyce and Giles smoke. Joyce lives for another two seasons, and Giles [[spoiler: is killed in Season 8]].

* In ''Literature/{{Momo}}'', the villainous Grey Men are never seen without a cigar. They make the cigars themselves, not out of any ordinary leaf but out of dried-up time that they have stolen from their human victims and use to extend their own lives.

* If a witch in ''Witch Girls'' or ''ComicBook/WitchGirlsTales'' is smoking, they're a wicked witch. Especially if they're a child at the time. Cigarette holders are favored, but not mandatory.