Are the cigarettes that actors/actresses smoke in movies/shows real?
I know it seems like a rhetorical question, but I have to make sure. I see actors/actresses smoking cigarettes in movies and shows, was wondering if those are real cigarettes they are smoking. Was researching alternative cigarettes, only info I found was on electronic cigarette.
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If the actor is a smoker, once in a great while, they'll just have the actor smoke a cigarette, but that makes it damn hard for continuity. The cigarette has to be the same length in the reverse as it was in the other angle, and in the master. We're talking about a day's worth of shooting here sometimes. Drives the script supervisor insane. Another problem with that are municipalities banning smoking in public buildings, and many scenes are shot in public buildings.
Prop guys have all kinds of tricks. I've seen white plastic tubes that talcum powder can be gently blown through, and I've seen electronic cigarettes that shoot out the same frankincense that is used in fog machines.
Hell, cigarettes are disappearing from movies at a rapid pace anyway.
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