When did Bond stop smoking?

Ammo08 · April 2013

Is Connery's Bond the only one to smoke? Without going through every movie, I don't remember Moore or Dalton smoking and after them it would have been very unlikely.

hehadlotsofguts · April 2013

I can remember Pierce smoking a cigar in DAD

Lazenby lit one up as well in the casino scene of OHMSS.

Not sure if Craig smokes though.

Thunderpussy · April 2013

I think to get a 12a cert. There has to be no (or little) smoking.

Peppermill · April 2013

Brosnan's Bond was the first Bond that didn't smoke, except for the cigar in DAD. Moore usually smoked cigars as well.

Sir James Moloney · April 2013

Ammo08 wrote:

Is Connery's Bond the only one to smoke? Without going through every movie, I don't remember Moore or Dalton smoking and after them it would have been very unlikely.

Connery smoked in pretty much all of his films and was introduced, iconically, with a cigarette between his lips.

Lazenby smoked in OHMSS and was, again, introduced with a cigarette.

Moore only smoked cigars, although I think only in LALD and TMWTGG.

Dalton smoked cigarettes

Brosnan declared smoking to be a "filthy habit" in TND but he buys a cigar for Moneypenny in TWINE and smokes one himself in DAD.

Daniel Craig is the only Bond who hasn't smoked (even though he is a cigarette smoker in real life.) I very much doubt we'll see Bond smoke again onscreen.

Silhouette Man · April 2013

As Stewart Lee would say "It's political correctness gone mad." There's your answer, I think.

Sir James Moloney · April 2013

Silhouette Man wrote:

As Stewart Lee would say "It's political correctness gone mad." There's your answer, I think.

It would be pretty weird if Bond was smoking again. Like if he started wearing a trilby again.

Thunderpussy · April 2013

And it would be very funny for a Medical man such as
Sir James Moloney to recomend Smoking.

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ZorinIndustries · April 2013

I remember reading that LTK was the final Bond film to feature 007 lighting up a cigarette. They stopped incorporating cigarettes into the Bond films because they did not want to promote smoking, is what the article said.

Sir James Moloney · April 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

And it would be very funny for a Medical man such as
Sir James Moloney to recomend Smoking. )

Ha! very true!

ZorinIndustries wrote:

I remember reading that LTK was the final Bond film to feature 007 lighting up a cigarette. They stopped incorporating cigarettes into the Bond films because they did not want to promote smoking, is what the article said.

When Goldeneye was being produced, Martin Campbell absolutely refused to have Bond smoking in it, regardless of any concerns about character etc., because he is very anti-smoking. Pierce Brosnan also promised that his Bond wouldn't smoke. But Brosnan then appeared in Lark Cigarette adverts in Japan and on the cover of a cigar magazine before lighting up in DAD.

I think if they were going to have Bond smoke again, at all, then the scenes near the beginning of SF with Bond "enjoying death" would have been the time to do it.

Thunderpussy · April 2013

It would be funny to see Bond Have to leave his Office.
To pop outside for a Fag with the other smokers. Then
hurry back in for a Briefing.

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Firemass · April 2013

Maybe that's why I like Roger so much...the first Bond not to smoke cigs. Unfortunate that Octopussy smoked. Filthy habit.

However, Sean's iconic intro in Dr. No is still cool as hell.

Lazenby's intro looks too much like a cigarette advert IMO.

Silhouette Man · April 2013

Sir James Moloney wrote:

Silhouette Man wrote:

As Stewart Lee would say "It's political correctness gone mad." There's your answer, I think.

It would be pretty weird if Bond was smoking again. Like if he started wearing a trilby again.

Yes, both have gone the way of the dodo, though smoking is still a very popular past-time - I work in retail for my sins.

Thunderpussy · April 2013

Give it a few years and Bond will have to stop Drinking as well.

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zaphod · April 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

Give it a few years and Bond will have to stop Drinking as well. )

He's already virtually stopped having sex. By Bond 26 he'll be a Vegan relationship counsellor.

CmdrAtticus · April 2013

Hmmmmm....Fleming died at FIFTY-SIX from the cigs and rich foods and no exercise.
Given today's knowledge of how bad smoking is to overall health, not surprising to
me it's been given the heave-ho with respect to the cinematic Bond. It would really
be going back to almost the sci-fi realm to have Craig or future Bond's running
marathons on roofs and in streets and swimming and diving and having extended
fight scenes but then in their down times showing them puff away. I'm okay with
the drinking - though it's not great on the liver and it IS toxic, it's the only realistic
way they can show Bond using it as stress relief (as he uses sex at times).

Thunderpussy · April 2013

zaphod wrote :

He's already virtually stopped having sex. By Bond 26 he'll be a Vegan relationship counsellor.

Well in CR he did say he was expected to be Half hitman, half Monk.
Seems he's dropping the Hitman bit and going for the Full Monk.

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Liam · April 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

It would be funny to see Bond Have to leave his Office.
To pop outside for a Fag with the other smokers. Then
hurry back in for a Briefing. )

Actually it would be cool having Bond and the smokers from Kensington Palace Gardens and Grosvenor Square meet for a quick fag and a bit of shop talk in Hyde Park. They could show each other their new scars and complain about not getting reasonable travel expenses per diem.

PPK 7.65mm · April 2013

Despite smoking being common in the 1960's Bond does not smoke at all during Thunderball(No specific reason was ever mention for this change, and in You Only Live Twice he is seen smoking again). Also Bond never smokes once during Diamonds ae Forever, and after The Man with the Golden Gun does not light up again on camera until The Living Daylights.

Jag · May 2013

It's hard to imagine a 21 century Bond ever smoking again. I only wonder why it took the producers so long to realise that.

walther p99 · May 2013

Bond probably stopped smoking once it became more known what a stupid habit it is, and just isn't realistic for a fit, physically active Bond like Craig's to be smoking as much as Bond use too.

always shaken · May 2013

Cant see Bond with a fag in his pie hole, but can see bond in black tie, armangac in left hand,
and Cohiba Churchill in right hand,dam im looking in the mirror again

no seriousley if Bond was serious about his health he wouldnt be in an occupation
where people are trying to put red hot pieces of lead him in

IA-SteveB · May 2013

always shaken wrote:

no seriousley if Bond was serious about his health he wouldnt be in an occupation
where people are trying to put red hot pieces of lead him in

True, but you do have to be fit to stay one step ahead of those who want to kill you.

Thunderpussy · May 2013

Although I always thought Bond lived his life in a kind of
"Eat, Drink and Be Merry. For tomorrow you die " way

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always shaken · May 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

Although I always thought Bond lived his life in a kind of
"Eat, Drink and Be Merry. For tomorrow you die " way )

Exactley, ever thing Bond consumes is bad for him,
coffee,fois gras (high fat ) caviar (high salt) Jersey butter (81% fat minimum)
Martinis ,shall i go on ? cant wait for the day i see Bond order a double de-caff ultra skinny latte
with a toffu salad what next ,an electric car, because he can only get 13 mpg on the Aston

Blackleiter · May 2013

walther p99 wrote:

Bond probably stopped smoking once it became more known what a stupid habit it is, and just isn't realistic for a fit, physically active Bond like Craig's to be smoking as much as Bond use too.

Precisely! -{

Sir James Moloney · May 2013

Jag wrote:

It's hard to imagine a 21 century Bond ever smoking again. I only wonder why it took the producers so long to realise that.

Why do you think it was the producers decision? It's generally down to the actors or the directors. Bond smoked cigars in the Moore films because Moore smoked cigars. Bond went back to cigarettes in TLD because Dalton smoked cigarettes. Bond stopped smoking in GE because Martin Campbell hates it etc.

Craig smokes in real life but I can't imagine Bond ever going back to smoking now. It's so old fashioned.

chrisisall · May 2013

Bond is not Bond without vices. Craig got s***faced on the plane in QOS; that's enough for me. -{

Thunderpussy · May 2013

and all those nuts and crisps he ate, will not help his cholesterol level.

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ixtore · May 2013

I think it was Gardener's first Bond book where he had him driving a Saab (!) and smoking filtered Turkish cigarettes. Yoikes.
Cigarettes have become, basically, a socially banned substance and so Bond couldn't smoke casually the way he used to. But he IS, as has been pointed out, a man who lives life to the fullest, enjoys alcohol and food no matter the repercussions, and sees his life as an on-off switch. Who knows when it will be thrown. In the books he takes benzadrine to keep him sharp during long bouts of stress, champagne and Baccarat. Fleming constructed Bond's character this way with a purpose

that Bond is not like one of us. He is driven by appetites that are insatiable while living on the edge every day. 'Life lived on the edge' is the definition of Bond by any measure.
Will he ever smoke on film again? Doubtful, but never say never.

DANSE COMMANDER · May 2013

Interesting post there. ^^

Maybe Bond found that cigarettes were Hazrardous to His Health?

When did Bond stop smoking?

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