a cigarette a week Is smoking 'cool' again? Why cigarettes have been dominating on our screens and catwalks Two-thirds of people who try

Many users report reduced spending on breath fresheners, teeth whitening products, and frequent dental cleanings

The tobacco smell permeates the coil and blasts the cigarette smell into your home every time you run the air conditioner

have resulted in multi-million-dollar verdicts for people who smoked Kent Micronite cigarettes and later developed mesothelioma or lung cancer

Its now typically associated with feminist, queer and anti-racist messages, especially in its contemporary iterations

The scene also tapped into a broader internet trend of alien-encounters-mundane-human-things comedy, but the specific escalation to "500 cigarettes" gave it a punchline that worked as a standalone catchphrase outside the original context