Celebrities are smoking again: ‘Things are grungier, edgier, sleazier’

msn.com:

nepo baby conspicuously puffed as she waved for the paparazzi. The picture was no accident. “She wants that Pinterest paparazzi pic so bad with the cigarette,” one person wrote in a comment underneath footage on @cigarettes, a popular Instagram page that documents celebrities smoking. “That photo is so clearly staged,” said Brock Colyar, a New York magazine writer who covers nightlife. “No matter how casual she may be trying to look, she knew she was going to be photographed, and the smoking is a conscious decision.

She looks fabulous, unfortunately. ”While fans speculated that getting “caught” looking louche and European was part of The Idol’s PR game plan, Depp is hardly a novice cig smoker.

The 24-year-old was photographed puffing away at an In & Out Burger drive-thru when she was 17, and professed her love for Virginia Slims a year before that.

Depp is also far from alone in smoking conspicuously. After years of health-conscious posturing, which saw stars leaving their houses toting green juices or yoga mats, many gen Z stars are holding old Hollywood’s once beloved props: cigarettes.