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These Surprising Celebrities Still Sneak In Drags Of Cigarettes
Emily Blunt has been photographed smoking on several occasions.
- Born: 02-23-1983
- Birthplace: England, London
Former boybander Zayn Malik has upset One Direction fans on many an occasion because of his smoking, though it does not seem to bother him.
- Born: 01-12-1993
- Birthplace: Bradford, England, UK
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Miss luxury health treatments herself, Gwyneth Paltrow, admitted to smoking "one light American Spirit... once a week, on Saturday night."
- Born: 09-27-1972
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Kristen Stewart is known to take smoke breaks while on set.
However, in a 2012 appearance, Stewart told Conan O'Brien that she had recently quit smoking, and it was easy because she was never really addicted. "I was a bit of a faker, a circumstantial smoker. I just feel like I wasn’t addicted to nicotine. I just wanted something in my mouth," she said.
- Born: 04-09-1990
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Sophie Turner's love for her Juul (e-cigarette) has been well-documented.
She even posted a photo of her smoking on the set of Game of Thrones.
- Born: 02-21-1996
- Birthplace: Northampton, England, UK
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Elijah Wood has been outspoken about wanting more rights for smokers. He has said, "Can we not let the use of free air be determined by the people using it? Should someone have a problem with roving smoke, they could simply ask the offending smoker if he or she would kindly refrain. Most spaces are smoke free, and I accept that - particularly inside restaurants - but can smokers not have patios and general outdoor areas?"
In a 2004 interview with The Independent, Wood admitted to smoking upwards of 30 clove cigarettes per day.
- Born: 01-28-1981
- Birthplace: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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Lady Gaga is known to enjoy smoking cigarettes.
In a 2010 interview with HuffPost, she admitted to smoking cigarettes with whiskey while she's working, saying, "It just frees my mind a little bit."
- Born: 03-28-1986
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
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Smoking fits right in with Lana Del Rey's classic Hollywood image.
She even commonly smokes onstage during performances.
- Born: 06-21-1985
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
Leonardo DiCaprio is regularly seen smoking in films and in real life. He's not shy about his habit, and has been spotted smoking at awards shows and on set.
He switched to e-cigarettes around 2016, but hasn't appeared to cut back on those.
- Born: 11-11-1974
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
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Charlie Sheen occasionally even smokes during interviews.
While on tour in 2011, he was even threatened with a $100,000 fine by Massey Hall for Sheen smoking onstage. They said they could be fined by the city.
- Born: 09-03-1965
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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"Look at Me Now" singer Chris Brown is often seen smoking. In fact, in 2015, he responded to a tweet asking for New Years resolutions with, "Stop smoking cigarettes."
The following year, his ex Nia Guzman said he and his friends had given their 1-year-old daughter Royalty asthma from their second-hand smoke. However, Brown responded with an angry (now-deleted) Instagram post which read, "I quit cigarettes on New Years. NO ONE smokes around my daughter."
- Born: 05-05-1989
- Birthplace: Tappahannock, Virginia, USA
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Paris Hilton is known to be a smoker.
She has been caught smoking on numerous occasions, and once even said she found smoking to be "so sexy."
- Born: 02-17-1981
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Bella Hadid was caught smoking at the 2017 Met Gala.
She's posted photos of herself smoking her Juul on Instagram, and even joked about trying to quit on her Instagram stories.
- Born: 10-09-1996
- Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
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Michael Fassbender is regularly photographed smoking cigarettes.
He hand-rolls his cigarettes and carries around a pouch of tobacco.
- Born: 04-02-1977
- Birthplace: Heidelberg, Germany
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Elisabeth Moss may smoke tobacco-free herbal cigarettes on Mad Men, but in real life, she smokes tobacco cigarettes.
She is often spotted smoking while on set.
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Simon Cowell is a long-time smoker. He reportedly used to smoke up to 80 cigarettes per day. In 2016, he cut back for the sake of his young son, Eric. However, he has since been spotted smoking again.
He told the Mirror that he would never be able to completely quit, because life would be "too boring."
- Born: 10-07-1959
- Birthplace: London Borough of Lambeth, England
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Model Kate Moss has been synonomous with smoking for decades.
She is often spotted smoking, and infamously smoked a cigarette while walking down the runway in the Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week in 2011.
- Born: 01-16-1974
- Birthplace: Croydon, London, England, UK
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Like his former Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson enjoys smoking cigarettes. Pattinson and Stewart reportedly bonded over their smoking.
Following their split, Pattinson was determined to quit, first switching over to e-cigarettes.
- Born: 05-13-1986
- Birthplace: Barnes, London, England, UK
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Lily Allen publicly stated that she quit smoking for the benefit of her children, but has since been seen smoking, such as in February 2019, when she was spotted smoking underneath a "no smoking" sign.
- Born: 05-02-1985
- Birthplace: England, London
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Kate Winslet admitted to smoking in a 2008 interview with Vanity Fair:
I don't smoke around my kids. Like that makes it any better that I smoke at all, because obviously it doesn't. But I don't smoke in the house. I mean, I had a cigarette this morning, which is because I hadn't been. Coffee and a cigarette: bingo! I'm not sure if I want you to print that.
- Born: 10-05-1975
- Birthplace: Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
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She's been open about her struggle to quit smoking, writing on her website in 2007, "I’m going thru hell trying to cut back on smoking. I’m down to a pack a day from two, but it’s a pain and each fight of the urge is a little mini war."
- Born: 07-09-1964
- Birthplace: USA, California, San Francisco
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Uma Thurman said in 2008 that she had finally quit smoking after years of being addicted.
However, she was spotted smoking in 2017.
- Born: 04-29-1970
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Chris Evans says he's not a smoker, but has often been caught smoking.
He also bummed a cigarette off of someone during his GQ interview in 2011.
- Born: 06-13-1981
- Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Miley Cyrus is regularly spotted smoking cigarettes. She has struggled on and off with quitting tobacco.
"2 months no cigs #proudofmyself," she tweeted in 2014. She must have picked the habit back up though, because it was later reported that she quit in 2018 for ex Liam Hemsworth.
- Born: 11-23-1992
- Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Like many other celebrities, Dakota Johnson was caught smoking in the bathroom at the 2017 Met Gala.
- Born: 10-04-1989
- Birthplace: Texas, USA, Austin
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At her worst - in 2007 - Britney Spears reportedly smoked 40 cigarettes a day.
She has since cut back, but has still been spotted smoking.
- Born: 12-02-1981
- Birthplace: McComb, Mississippi, USA
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Lindsay Lohan is a frequent smoker.
Reportedly, her frequent cigarette breaks while filming Australia's The Masked Singer upset her fellow panelists, as they were having to constantly wait for her.
- Born: 07-02-1986
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Kirsten Dunst was recently spotted smoking cigarettes in London.
She is often spotted smoking on set.
- Born: 04-30-1982
- Birthplace: Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
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Mila Kunis was said to have taken frequent smoke breaks while filming the 2012 film Ted.
She also admitted in 2016 that she chain-smoked to lose weight for Black Swan.
- Born: 08-14-1983
- Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet Union
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Jude Law is regularly seen smoking in films and in real life.
He was spotted in 2015 smoking in papal robes while on the set of the TV series The Young Pope.
- Born: 12-29-1972
- Birthplace: Lewisham, London, England, UK
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Rihanna enjoys smoking cigarettes.
She's more known for her love of weed, but she is often spotted smoking cigarettes, as well.
- Born: 02-20-1988
- Birthplace: Barbados, Saint Michael Parish
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Cameron Diaz reportedly used to smoke 20 cigarettes per day, but quit in 2000 while training for the Charlie's Angels movie. She picked the habit back up after filming wrapped, but said she quit in 2003 because it was upsetting her parents.
Then, in 2014, she came under fire after saying, "I think one cigarette once in a while is not going to kill you."
- Born: 08-30-1972
- Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
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Daniel Radcliffe loves smoking and has admitted he is "addicted to nicotine."
In 2014, he plainly told TMZ that he has no plans to quit smoking.
- Born: 07-23-1989
- Birthplace: Fulham, London, England, UK
Much like her husband Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander is quite the smoker, and is often spotted smoking on set.
- Born: 10-03-1988
- Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
Keira Knightley is a big-time smoker.
She has often been spotted smoking on set, such as in 2012 while filming Begin Again.
- Born: 03-26-1985
- Birthplace: Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
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Mel Gibson quit smoking back in 2010, a time he called "hellish."
But by 2012, he was spotted smoking cigarettes again.
- Born: 01-03-1956
- Birthplace: Peekskill, New York, USA
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Kate Hudson has tried to quit smoking several times.
Her publicist has reportedly said she doesn't smoke, but she has been spotted smoking multiple times.
- Born: 04-19-1979
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Katherine Heigl has openly discussed her struggle with quitting cigarettes.
In a 2013 TV appearance, she demonstrated for David Letterman how she smokes e-cigarettes since no other method of quitting had worked for her.
- Born: 11-24-1978
- Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
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Katy Perry is frequently spotted smoking cigarettes.
She reportedly took up smoking to deal with stress while planning her wedding to ex Russell Brand. And then she got hooked.
- Born: 10-25-1984
- Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Just like her sister Paris, Nicky Hilton is a big-time smoker.
In 2007, it was reported that she was missing out on a friend's baby shower because she was outside smoking and couldn't be bothered to put out her cigarette.
- Born: 10-05-1983
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
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The Wrestler actor Mickey Rourke is a bonafide chain smoker.
He is often spotted smoking.
- Born: 09-16-1952
- Birthplace: Schenectady, New York, USA
Though she quit when she was pregnant, Snooki started smoking again once her son was born in 2012. In 2013, she was seen stepping out for a cigarette break on her TV show, Snooki & JWoww.
However, she later tweeted that she had not started smoking again.
- Born: 11-23-1987
- Birthplace: Santiago, Chile
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Sienna Miller is regularly seen smoking in films and in real life. She says she didn't smoke while pregnant or breastfeeding.
And while she's "not a big smoker anymore, it's definitely a part of me."
- Born: 12-28-1981
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Adele quit smoking after she had throat surgery in 2011, but in 2019, she was talking about how much she missed it.
She believes quitting smoking has made her singing voice weaker.
- Born: 05-05-1988
- Birthplace: England, London
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Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria is regularly spotted smoking in her car around Los Angeles.
She often tries to hide her bad habit, but the paparazzi catch her smoking anyway.
- Born: 03-15-1975
- Birthplace: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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Ashley Olsen is known to smoke Marlboro Reds.
- Born: 06-13-1986
- Birthplace: Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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Melanie Griffith is regularly spotted smoking around Los Angeles.
In 2016, she was seen smoking while out with her son in Aspen.
- Born: 08-09-1957
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Liam Payne has also upset One Direction fans by smoking in public, and even posting pictures of himself smoking.
- Born: 08-29-1993
- Birthplace: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK
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Singer Cheryl Cole is regularly photographed smoking in the UK.
It was even rumored that her job as an X Factor judge was in danger because of her nicotine addiction.
- Born: 06-30-1983
- Birthplace: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
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Oasis musician Noel Gallagher is a big-time smoker.
In 2013, he said, "I saw the drummer from Muse smoking an electronic cigarette. A cigarette with a battery in. I had to say to him: ‘Really? Really? Is that where you are at? Do me a favour mate, either have a proper one outside, or don’t have one.’ It lit up green when he had a drag of it. Nonsense."
- Born: 05-29-1967
- Birthplace: Longsight, Manchester, England, UK
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Like her sister Ashley, Mary-Kate Olsen loves to smoke. In fact, on more than one occasion she risked getting kicked out of high fashion events because of her smoking.
- Born: 06-13-1986
- Birthplace: Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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Nicole Richie was regularly photographed smoking, but reportedly quit in 2005. In 2015 she tweeted, "It's 2015.. people still smoke cigarettes?"
- Born: 09-21-1981
- Birthplace: Berkeley, California, USA
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Sinéad O'Connor is known to be an avid smoker. In a 2015 interview, the reporter talked about the "cigarettes she kept nervously smoking" throughout their chat.
- Born: 12-08-1966
- Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
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Smoking cigarettes is just one of Pete Doherty's addictions. In 2013 he said, "I’ll need to cut my hand off to quit crack and heroin."
- Born: 03-12-1979
- Birthplace: Hexham, Northumberland, England, UK
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Heather Locklear has been smoking for decades. She's often spotted lighting up.
- Born: 09-25-1961
- Birthplace: Westwood, California, USA
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- British model and TV personality Tamara Ecclestone has been spotted smoking on beaches, in cars, and on the streets of Hollywood.
- Born: 06-28-1984
- Birthplace: Milan, Italy
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Taylor Momsen enjoys smoking cigarettes. She is often spotted smoking, particularly while performing with her band. Back in 2016 she got in trouble for being spotted smoking on the set of Gossip Girl.
- Born: 07-26-1993
- Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA