History Main / OfCourseISmoke

* In ''{LoveHina}}'', Keitaro attempts smoking at one point in the manga after failing his exams. He immediately begins coughing and spluttering.

* [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] in the season one episode "The Big Goodbye", during his first time on the holodeck as Dixon Hill. He takes a drag on a cigarette [[SmokingIsCool very suavely]], and then chokes and puts it down. He may have become more accustomed to smoking, though, because later on in the series he smokes as Hill again, with no trouble.

* In the Cleveland Show Tim the bear becomes an evil boss so Cleveland has to smoke to get a break.

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* In one of IsaacAsimov's ''BlackWidowers'' stories, the guest specializes in job interviews, and he relates the story of a man who nervously lit up in the middle of an interview, suffered a coughing fit, and admitted that he really didn't smoke—he was just trying to look cool. Of course, the job went to the other candidate. [[spoiler:However, the Black Widowers deduce that the man ''was'' an ex-smoker who staged the scene in order to force the interviewer to choose the other candidate; they were accomplices in a plot to embezzle money from the company. He faked the coughing fit, but forgot to conceal the fact that he could light a match with one hand.]]

* [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] in the season one episode "The Big Goodbye", during his first time on the holodeck as Dixon Hill. He takes a drag on a cigarette [[SmokingIsCool very suavely]], and then chokes and puts it down. He may have become more accustomed to smoking, though, because later on in the series he smokes as Hill again, with no trouble.
* In ''BreakingBad'', [[BreakingBad Walter White]] bums a cigarette from [[BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] in an attempt at conviviality. It's obvious he's never smoked a cigarette in his life.

* TheNostalgiaCritic attempts a moment of suave smoking during a parody of TheTwilightZone, only to collapse in a coughing fit.
** Subverted in his review of DoubleTeam, where he lights up a cigarillo in celebration of the film's climax.

This, of course completely ruins the act. Most commonly done by teenagers [[SmokingIsGlamorous trying to look cool]], but sometimes done in order to maintain TheMasquerade. Compare OfCourseImSexuallyActive.

This, of course completely ruins the act. Most commonly done by teenagers [[SmokingIsGlamorous trying to look cool]], but sometimes done in order to maintain TheMasquerade.

** Done intentionally in TheMovieOfTheBook. Ryan takes a few puffs, he starts coughing, and the engineer says, in Russian, "He's turning green!"

* The old [[Series/{{Batman}} Batman TV show]] used this when Robin/Dick was trying to infiltrate a gang of "{{Delinquent}}s".

* Donna does this in the first season of TwinPeaks. Apparently she's the only person in her high school who ''doesn't'' smoke.

* Donna does this in the first season of "TwinPeaks". Apparently she's the only person in her high school who doesn't smoke.

* In ''{{Monster}}'', the 9-year-old Dieter tries to impress a bunch of men at a bar by entering smoking a cigarette, ordering a drink, slurping it up, and leaving the bar. Once outside, he rushes to an alley to cough and puke, wondering why adults do those things.

-->'''Armand''': Are you all right?
-->'''Elana''': Fine.
-->'''Armand''': My God, you're turning green.
* In ''SmokeyAndTheBandit'', Sally Field's character Frog takes up smoking the Bandit's cigarettes, and is obviously a non-smoker.
-->'''Bandit:''' "I think you should give it up." (referring to the cigarette she's choking on)

* In one of IsaacAsimov's ''BlackWidowers'' stories, the guest specializes in job interviews, and he relates the story of a man who nervously lit up in the middle of an interview, suffered a coughing fit, and admitted that he really didn't smoke--he was just trying to look cool. Of course, the job went to the other candidate. [[spoiler:However, the Black Widowers deduce that the man ''was'' an ex-smoker who staged the scene in order to force the interviewer to choose the other candidate; they were accomplices in a plot to embezzle money from the company. He faked the coughing fit, but forgot to conceal the fact that he could light a match with one hand.]]

** Done intentionally in TheMovieOfTheBook. He takes a few puffs, starts coughing, and the engineer says, in Russian, "He's turning green!"

* Greg did this in ''TheBradyBunch''. Ironically Barry Williams (who played Greg) had just quit when they did the episode, which made him start up again.
* The old [[Series/{{Batman}} Batman TV Show]] used this when Robin/Dick was trying to infiltrate a gang of "{{Delinquent}}s".

* On ''{{Seinfeld}}'', George tried this to get out of the planned marriage with Susan. It doesn't work either.
* In ''{{Friends}}'', Rachel tries to take up smoking because her boss and other assistant make all their decisions in the smoker's lounge. She is not successful.

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* On ''TheSimpsons'', Patty and Selma are caught smoking at work and are about to be fired when Homer, in an uncharacteristically gallant mood, claims the cigarettes are his and smokes them, claiming between coughs and gags that he is "in flavor country."
** Another time, Marge (a nonsmoker) claims she "just felt like filling the house with the rich satisfying smell of tobacco." She's trying to overwhelm the smell of the chili cookoff so Homer won't go to it.

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This, of course completely ruins the act. Most commonly done by teenagers [[SmokingIsGlamorous trying to look cool]], but sometimes done in order to maintain [[TheMasquerade The Masquerade]].

This, of course completely ruins the act. Most commonly done by teenagers [[SmokingIsGlamorous trying to look cool]], but sometimes done in order to maintain {{TheMasquerade}}.

* In {{Monster}}, the 9-year-old Dieter tries to impress a bunch of men at a bar by entering smoking a cigarette, ordering a drink, slurping it up, and leaving the bar. Once outside, he rushes to an alley to cough and puke, wondering why adults do those things.

* In ThoroughlyModernMillie, Millie does this to act casual outside of a Chinese opium den. [[StuffBlowingUp It didn't end well]].

* The first time Pudge smokes in LookingForAlaska he tries to act cool about it and then nearly coughs up a lung, though he ends up smoking pretty regularly.

*** Done intentionally in TheMovieOfTheBook. He takes a few puffs, starts coughing, and the engineer says, in Russian, "He's turning green!"

* In {{Friends}}, Rachel tries to take up smoking because her boss and other asisstant make all their decisions in the smoker's lounge. She is not sucessful.

* In CalvinAndHobbes, Calvin tries smoking a cigarette. At the end of the strip, Calvin comments that it was trusting parents that caused him to smoke and therefore damage his health.

* On "{{Futurama}}", Kif does this, causing incredible reactions from his alien body.