Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that.

Martha Plimpton

Character Cigarettes Contrast Culture Extra I Think Instant Joke Like Line Prop Punch Punch Line Puts Really Texture Them Think Useful

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