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With cigarettes disappearing from films due to
pressure from health organisations and new social norms,
e-cigarettes are beginning to take their place.
Words: Caroline Barry
Hollywood has been associated with smoking for
decades, from Audrey Hepburn’s famous long cigarette
holder in Breakfast at Tiffany’s to the Silk Cut obsession
of Bridget Jones. It was even rumoured that tobacco
companies would have their leading ladies (and men)
under contract to only smoke certain brands.
Now that cigarettes are falling out of favour with
celebrities and are not being featured prominently in
films due to health concerns, vaping has stepped up to
fill the smoke-free void.
Although the inclusion of e-cigarettes has slowed down
since 2015, there are many examples where our favourite
movie stars are seen vaping and not smoking.
There are now many forums and subreddits dedicated to
highlighting whenever someone vapes on the big screen,
that we thought we would check out a selection of movie
vape moments. How many of these have you seen?
the disappointment of vape forums, he has returned to
tobacco towards the end. The movie went on to take
£278.3 million at the box office with three Golden Globe
nominations and it’s also been praised by vapers for the
positive way it portrays e-cigarettes
Map to the Stars 2014
John Cusack is another real-life vaper who also appears
in several of his films holding an e-cigarette. His character
in this film, Benjie, may be another Hollywood cliché, but
it’s nice to see vaping given another casual appearance.
Bad Neighbours 2014
Zac Efron stars as a fraternity brother who moves in next
to Seth Rogan before starting a comedy war. Efron is seen
enjoying an e-cigarette at different stages of the movie.
Bad Neighbours took $207 million at the box office which
amounts to a good amount of vaping publicity.
The Tourist 2010
Anarchy 2014
The Tourist stars Johnny Depp as Frank Tupelo who
meets Elise Clifton-Ward (Angelina Jolie) on an Italian
train. The two meet while Depp is reading a spy novel
while holding an e-cigarette.
At the start of the film, the e-cigarette is perhaps a
sign of the character’s risk adverse personality but, to
Despite a long list of male actors holding e-cigarettes
in scenes, there are few women vaping on screen. Mila
Jovovich holds an e-cigarette in a scene in Anarchy 2014
and Rachel McAdams also vapes in the second series of
TV’s True Detective.
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