When celebs were pictured smoking, it was in paparazzi gotcha shots, not in styled studio shoots
Current smokers, even those with light daily consumption, can experience changes in lung function and cardiovascular health from just a few cigarettes a day
Promoting cigarettes was big business for Madison Avenue and they responded with TV commercials that had clever slogans, catchy tunes and delightful scenes, all of which promoted the idea that smoking was fun, glamorous, manly (the rugged Marlboro Man* rounding up cattle on horseback to the urgent strains of the theme song from the movie, The Magnificent Seven ) or, in the case of Virginia Slims cigarettes, womanly and independent
These barriers vary depending on age, gender and number of cigarettes consumed