From beauty mogul Kylie Jenner lighting up on the cover of Vanity Fair to cigarette trays at singer Dua Lipa’s wedding, the pop culture-verse has rebooted cigarettes as the accessory du jour, health risks be damned.Smoking rates are at a six-decade low among US adults and the lowest in a quarter-century among youth.
Josh Hart of the New York Knicks looks on while smoking a cigar during the New York Knicks Championship victory parade on June 18 in New York City.
Warning: Smoking can damage your health.
And yet, searches for the term “smoking pose” on the image-sharing platform Pinterest have soared 70 percent among 18-to-24-year-olds, fashion world data tracker Style Analytics said.On Instagram, the account “Cigfluencers” shares images of celebrities smoking — “your favorite smoker’s favorite smokers,” reads the tagline.
The posts included a number of shots snapped in May at the Met Gala, the annual gathering of A-listers in New York.
