Until recent years, actors tended to smoke real tobacco on screen, as attitudes about smoking were a little more positive about the habit. This is one of those yes and no answers, in that, some actors do smoke real tobacco, whereas others use similar looking alternatives. Yet, with more and more film studios banning smoking on sets to protect actors and crew members who do not smoke, we take a look at what the actors are smoking and some of the alternatives used. But while Sherlock may have traded in tobacco for nicotine patches and Disney has banned smoking in all future films, there are still a number of smokers on screen, particularly in period pieces. Smoking on screen is a fairly contentious issue while most people are in agreement that smoking is bad for you, on-screen depictions have caused a split in opinion when it comes to characters enjoying tobacco, leading to a decrease in smoking characters.
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