Archive

Smoking Femmes

French men are giving up cigarettes but French women continue to light up, citing fear of weight gain. Eric Pape on the vice that experts say will soon be the No. 1 killer of women in France.

galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---gainsbourg_iqf2jq
Michael Loccisano, FilmMagic / Getty Images
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---gainsbourg_xti4mz

Attending the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2007.

Michael Loccisano, FilmMagic / Getty Images
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---paradis_gnjgm9

The French actress, singer and model poses for a portrait in a studio on June 5, 1999.

Liaison / Getty Images
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---mouglalis_alnts0

As Coco Chanel in Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky in 2009.

Sony Pictures Classics / Everett
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---bardot_rnh2tl

French actress Brigitte Bardot smoking a slim cigar while in Spain, 1971.

Terry O'Neill / Getty Images
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---binoche_woxzss

Portrait of French actress and model Juliette Binoche, dressed in a short waistcoat and an unlit cigarette between her teeth, during a photo session for Detour magazine, 1994.

Andrea Blanch / Getty Images
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---chanel_uudfu6

Coco Chanel, French couturier. Paris, 1936.

Lipnitzki / Roger Viollet/ Getty Images
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---colbert_a2zsz2

French-born actress Claudette Colbert (1903 - 1996) stands next to a sculpture smoking a cigarette, circa 1935.

John Kobal Foundation / Getty Images
galleries/2010/06/21/smoking-femmes/french-smoking---deneuve_guwiqu

French actress Catherine Deneuve arriving at a Royal Film Performance of James H. Hill's movie Born Free at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London, March 14, 1966.

Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now