In most classic films smoking was a given. I am fan of them all, especially 1940's classics, Rod Serling, and Alfred Hitchcock. As I recall it, nearly every coffee table or desk on film was graced with a classy ashtray/dispenser and cigarettes would be offered to visitors as easily as one would offer someone a coffee in today’s world. So popular was smoking, that the sound of lighter clicks on-screen can almost be said to rival the passage of film slides. I guess you can say this is where I first fell in love with the idea of smoking.
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