History Main / SmokingIsGlamorous

Compare SmokingIsCool (smoking as an indicator of a badass), SmokingHotSex, WineIsClassy, DrugsAreGood.

** The end had sort of an Aesop that, while smoking may or may not be cool, you shouldn't judge people for smoking, nor should you ban it, but simply leave them be.

* In the ''Buffy''/''Stargate'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/AllYourBaseAreBelongToHer'', Dawn smokes occasionally, and invokes this trope as justification for it. She goes so far as to blame [[EvilIsSexy sexy badgirl]] Faith as the one who acted as a bad role model to an impressionable young Dawn, by looking entirely [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer too hot]] while smoking cigarettes.

* ''Manga/XXXHolic'': Yuko.

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Nowadays this is largely a DiscreditedTrope, with [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking some exceptions]]. Also subject to some ValuesDissonance in that smoking ''tobacco'' falls into this trope whereas smoking other substances, particularly marijuana, often averts the trope, though some reversal has happened in recent years as pot is treated as the more glamorous and "cool" option.

Compare SmokingIsCool (smoking as an indicator of a badass), SmokingHotSex, WineIsClassy.

[[caption-width-right:281:Sexy on the outside and certainly not on the inside.]]

Of course, this was prevalent in old Hollywood when EverybodySmokes, and since the actors were glamorous, it made smoking look so. The main use today is TheVamp in a FilmNoir movie smoking in a seductive manner. Creator/MarleneDietrich, Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/JamesDean, Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/BetteDavis, Creator/SeanConnery, Music/FrankSinatra, Music/BingCrosby, and Creator/AudreyHepburn are the most iconic glamorous smokers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Whenever a ShoutOut is provided to glamorous smoking in old movies, it's bound to be to one of them.

Today, it's largely a DiscreditedTrope, with [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking some exceptions]]. Also subject to some ValuesDissonance in that smoking ''tobacco'' falls into this trope whereas smoking other substances, particularly marijuana, often averts the trope, though some reversal has happened in recent years as pot is treated as the more glamorous and "cool" option.

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Of course, this was prevalent in old Hollywood when EverybodySmokes, and since the actors were glamorous, it made smoking look so. The main use today is TheVamp in a FilmNoir movie smoking in a seductive manner. Creator/MarleneDietrich, Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/LaurenBacall, Creator/JamesDean, Creator/RitaHayworth, Creator/BetteDavis, Creator/SeanConnery, Music/FrankSinatra, Music/BingCrosby and Creator/AudreyHepburn are the most iconic glamorous smokers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Whenever a ShoutOut is provided to glamorous smoking in old movies, it's bound to be to one of them.

Today, it's largely a DiscreditedTrope, with [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking some exceptions]]. Also subject to some ValuesDissonance in that smoking ''tobacco'' falls into this trope whereas smoking of other substances, particularly marijuana, often averts the trope, though some reversal has happened in recent years as pot is treated as the more glamorous and "cool" option.

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** In the manga, this was the main reason Sanji took up smoking at the age of nine. To be more cool and adult-like. Hilariously enough, his mentor, Zeff, warned him it would kill his tastebuds.

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* Both the titular character of ''Film/AngelWithTheIronFists'' and the main villainess, the Dark Angel, smokes during their intro, while wearing classy low-cut glamourous dresses. For the Dark Angel, she's also seen in several scenes holding a high-class cigar holder.

* A significant subplot of ''Film/ThankYouForSmoking'' has to do with a tobacco lobbyist (Nick Naylor) pushing a Hollywood megaproducer for Hollywood to bring this trope and SmokingIsCool back. As the producer says, "Mr. Naylor's here to see if we can't get cigarettes into the hands of someone other than the usual RAVS (Russians, Arabs, and Villains)." They paint the image of Creator/BradPitt and Creator/CatherineZetaJones having sex in zero gravity in the far future with Brad blowing smoke rings over Catherine's naked body as the cosmos flies by.

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* The Princess Lylia smuggles fine cigars, wine, and pornography to her favorite cousin Cullen in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. He happily decides to share all of the above to Jerin, who's a bit stunned by all the luxuries of palace living.

--> A man should smoke. It acts as an expectorant, and gives his voice a deep, gravelly, masculine tone.

* Of the many things Music/ArcticMonkeys glorify (drinking, partying, one night stands), smoking is not one of them. They deconstruct this, however, by portraying girls as appearing to look glamorous while smoking when in reality, they can't hide their true feelings. Examples include "Cigarette Smoker Fiona" (a BSide from ''Music/WhateverPeopleSayIAmThatsWhatImNot''), and "Arabella" (from ''Music/{{AM}}'').

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* Yuko of ''Manga/XXXHolic''.

* In one scene of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} villain Starfire is seen lounging in her Parisian villa, wearing expensive designer garments and jewelry and smoking a cigarette in a long holder.