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Smoking?

posted 15 years ago by Wonderland26
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I've been wondering since I saw this movie today, are those real cigarettes that they use or are they some kind of fake smoking object?

[–] NBuggey 15 years ago

In Mad Men most of the cast use 'herbal cigarettes' which have no nicotine or other addictive ingredients, maybe they used these or something similar as they were smoking so much..

[–] Oompah_LoOmpah 15 years ago

Pipe tobbacco.

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[–] Tokyo-Vigilante 14 years ago

i read about the pipe tobacco in the trivia section.

i don't understand why a non-smoker would substitute normal tobacco for pipe tobacco in a cigarette.

i would have thought pipe tobacco would be harsher.

can anybody educate me?

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[–] Komond 12 years ago

It can be harsher, but more natural (pure), meaning it doesn't include the thousands of sh!t components regular cigarettes have.

[–] crooked_spoons 14 years ago

I know this thread is old, but you're not actually allowed to smoke real cigarettes on closed sets (or anywhere else indoors for that matter) any more in most states. The actors are smoking "Clove" or herbal cigarettes.

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[–] squeaksport 13 years ago

I was under the impression that if it was done for artistic purposes then it was allowed. e.g a theatre play of Churchill would allow the actor to smoke cigars inside.

Although I may be wrong...

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[–] crooked_spoons 13 years ago

No, you're wrong.

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[–] lastword42 12 years ago

No. He's right. In an effort to maintain the artistic integrity of the work, smoking is allowed. Moreover, performance art, such as comedians on stage, are also allowed to smoke during their acts. It's under the guise of being a part of the act.

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[–] mackay254 12 years ago

If it's illegal to portray Ed Murrow smoking a cigarette, by the actor actually smoking a cigarette, then the law's an ass!

[–] krocheav 10 years ago

...A portrayal, under any definition, is an artificial interpretation of reality, in other words, a fake! So my vote goes to the fake fags. Time some folk got a grip on reality, get rid of the death adder cigs and live! Stop movie makers taking money from companies to promote a dying habit.

[–] movie_nazi 9 years ago

Stop movie makers taking money from companies to promote a dying habit.

How are they promoting a habit by having it in a film? That's the most preposterous statement I have ever heard. By that definition nothing that is illegal should ever be portrayed in a film because it would be "promoting it". Sheesh, some people.

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[–] liscarkat (19445) 4 years ago

I knew a guy who smoked clove cigarettes. They smelled like a fetid fart mixed with sweaty socks, burning. Much worse than tobacco, which I also hate the smell of, but I would have preferred it to cloves.