Does smoking make you look cool?

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-15-2006, 12:58 PM

Smoking never looked cool to me because my parents smoked constantly. It makes their breath/clothes/house stink, annoys people, and costs a ton of money. When we were at someone else's house they had to go outside in order to smoke. Even in the movies it never looked good to me.

I never understood why this would look cool (or sexy? wtf does inhaling smoke have to do with sex?) to anyone. Why would I be tempted to kiss someone who tastes like that?

I have never felt tempted whatsoever to try it. I've done other stuff as you guys well know, but I've never thought the actual smoking itself looked good, or made anyone appealing. I find it intriguing that smoking gets PR for how it looks while you do it, rather than the buzz it gives you.

I'd like to hear from smokers about why it looks cool. I really want to understand this - it's way over my head.

Snowflake · 06-15-2006, 01:02 PM

Well, I've never smoked, never been tempted, based on my family experience, and CP I'm with you, it's foul and stinky.

That said, I've always felt, at least with movies, only three or four people really looked great smoking, it must be in b/w and doing so added a mystique, or look, the smoke shimmering in the light and dark of a good cinematographer. Others may add or dispute my choices, but those who looked great smoking, Valentino, Fred Astaire, Bogart and Bette Davis.

Alex · 06-15-2006, 01:18 PM

I'm a non-smoker and have never been a smoker (the last cigarette I smoked was when I was 7. My mom caught me and made sure I didn't try it again for a very long time).

That said, yes it can make you look cool. But the cigarette itself is not inherently cool or sexy. It is more about how a person interacts with it. I have a friend who, when he is out standing on his back porch, all by himself, having a cigarette somehow looks very cool doing it.

That said, most people do not look cool or sexy smoking.

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06-15-2006, 12:58 PM	#1
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Smoking never looked cool to me because my parents smoked constantly. It makes their breath/clothes/house stink, annoys people, and costs a ton of money. When we were at someone else's house they had to go outside in order to smoke. Even in the movies it never looked good to me. I never understood why this would look cool (or sexy? wtf does inhaling smoke have to do with sex?) to anyone. Why would I be tempted to kiss someone who tastes like that? I have never felt tempted whatsoever to try it. I've done other stuff as you guys well know, but I've never thought the actual smoking itself looked good, or made anyone appealing. I find it intriguing that smoking gets PR for how it looks while you do it, rather than the buzz it gives you. I'd like to hear from smokers about why it looks cool. I really want to understand this - it's way over my head. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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06-15-2006, 01:02 PM	#2
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Well, I've never smoked, never been tempted, based on my family experience, and CP I'm with you, it's foul and stinky. That said, I've always felt, at least with movies, only three or four people really looked great smoking, it must be in b/w and doing so added a mystique, or look, the smoke shimmering in the light and dark of a good cinematographer. Others may add or dispute my choices, but those who looked great smoking, Valentino, Fred Astaire, Bogart and Bette Davis. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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06-15-2006, 01:18 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm a non-smoker and have never been a smoker (the last cigarette I smoked was when I was 7. My mom caught me and made sure I didn't try it again for a very long time). That said, yes it can make you look cool. But the cigarette itself is not inherently cool or sexy. It is more about how a person interacts with it. I have a friend who, when he is out standing on his back porch, all by himself, having a cigarette somehow looks very cool doing it. That said, most people do not look cool or sexy smoking.
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