When people think of the 1999 masterpiece "Fight Club," the image that might first come to mind is of Marla (Helena Bonham Carter) stoically smoking that cigarette as the camera pushes in on her. It makes sense that this shot has stuck so firmly in people's minds: we may know that smoking is bad for you (like, really bad for you ), but tragically, that doesn't change the fact that smoking looks cool.

At the very least, it looks cinematic. Swirling cigarette smoke is captivating on camera, and it can add some interesting visuals to what might otherwise be a dull-looking scene. That's not even getting into the way smoking can be used to convey character, or to set the pacing for the scene, or as the impetus for two characters to even start talking in the first place. There's no wonder

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