smoking

No, I don't think we've miscommunicated that much...unless you didn't mean some of the things you originally said? Most of the discussion has been about the lighting up of real tobacco or herbal cigarettes. The alternative of fake cigarettes that don't light, and just pretending, was put forward. You're the only one who has mentioned there might be fake cigarettes that give off a smoke effect, and that sounds like it MAY be a compromise... although it also sounds like they may perhaps be banned for sale in WA? You then seemed to scoff at the idea of putting warnings on flyers. You were still talking about your fake-smoke cigarettes, but in the overall context of this thread that was misleading, as everyone else was discussing that procedure in terms of real smoke. I notice you have restated that position in your post above, but previously you seemed against the notion, and I felt bound to oppose you. I took issue with your concluding sentence "Smoking only became unfashionable to "scary" to the general health system and the wider community not too long ago so why not light up if you feel it is required of the script/character etc?" because it was NOT obvious that you were continuing only to speak about your 'smoke effect' cigarettes, and it was a sentiment that others had used in this thread about real cigarettes so I felt it necessary to rebuke it and all statements like it. I don't deny that smoking was once fashionable. But you were WRONG to say it merely became 'unfashionable'. It didn't just go out of fashion, like platform shoes or leg-warmers! It became NECESSARY because of a serious health risk. There's a BIG difference. And I don't know whether your final example resolves the issue, which is - to light up or not to light up? Yes, if I were playing Sherlock Holmes it would potentially feel strange to not have a pipe. It would also positively feel stranger to have particles of smoke, tar and chemicals enter my lungs and bloodstream, causing significant harm to a good portion of my body cells. Sherlock Holmes did it, so I guess it would help me get into character...or on the other hand, I could ACT. I think we've accepted that holding a pipe or cigarette facsimile and pretending to smoke can be necessary to portray a character of a certain era or type. I still haven't heard any real convincing argument for lighting one up. Cheers, Craig ~<8>-/====\---------