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You're enjoying a movie, a TV show, a book, a comic when suddenly out of nowhere one of the (presumed non-smoking) characters lights a cigarette without any real reason. It's not part of the plot, it doesn't tell you anything about the character or it is in fact the first time in the entire work that a character is revealed to be a smoker. Often, the character will never light up again, and their smoking will never be discussed again. Welcome to the world of Random Smoking Scenes. Most of these random smoking scenes are just included in the story because...

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  • You're enjoying a movie, a TV show, a book, a comic when suddenly out of nowhere one of the (presumed non-smoking) characters lights a cigarette without any real reason. It's not part of the plot, it doesn't tell you anything about the character or it is in fact the first time in the entire work that a character is revealed to be a smoker. Often, the character will never light up again, and their smoking will never be discussed again. Welcome to the world of Random Smoking Scenes. Most of these random smoking scenes are just included in the story because...
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  • You're enjoying a movie, a TV show, a book, a comic when suddenly out of nowhere one of the (presumed non-smoking) characters lights a cigarette without any real reason. It's not part of the plot, it doesn't tell you anything about the character or it is in fact the first time in the entire work that a character is revealed to be a smoker. Often, the character will never light up again, and their smoking will never be discussed again. Welcome to the world of Random Smoking Scenes. In other circumstances a smoking scene can be useful to the plot. A character is nervous, wants to impress a potential love partner, just had sex, is a well known smoker (Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro, Humphrey Bogart can not be portrayed as non-smokers), is a rich business executive or an evil person. Or he's just a badass. However, the random smoking scene has no real purpose and could have easily been left out the story without affecting the plot. In a few instances it even becomes pointless Padding. Sometimes it even makes no sense because the story takes place in a time period when tobacco hadn't yet been introduced, or the character smokes in an area where it is normally not allowed. In other circumstances it's even highly questionable because the story is actually aimed at or popular with children or teenagers. Most of these random smoking scenes are just included in the story because... 1. * U.S. cigarette companies can no longer advertise smoking on television, so they pay directors and actors money to let their characters light a cigarette in a film or TV series. Product Placement can be really useful to inspire people into smoking. 2. * The actor just wanted to smoke on screen and didn't care whether it was appropriate for the story. 3. * It's an old movie from before the time scientists discovered in 1964 that smoking is hazardous for your health. Expect Everybody Smokes to overlap with this trope. 4. * Perhaps they want to be controversial, though this could backfire if such a smoking scene is in a work aimed at kids. See No Such Thing as Bad Publicity. Examples of Random Smoking Scene include:
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