Once smoking was regarded as both a pleasure and a right; and wherever you looked, advertisers had a brand for you. Whether your secret self image was international jet-setter or cowboy, sophisticated gent or regular Aussie larrikin, the enticement was there to light up. Not any more. Yet smoking is still legal and still brings great pleasure to millions. Smokers are just more conflicted now. Today's cigarette packets are decorated with pictures of gangrenous feet and victims of mouth cancer. The message is strong - and repulsive - but are you going to give up? How does one renounce that path to relaxation and that connection with your vision of a more glamorous or masculine self? How do you beat addiction - and would you be the same person if you did? In the 1950's, smoking was a family affair.
