A recently released British medical report details the product placement efforts of tobacco companies in the 80s film scene. So that little packet of cigs your favorite actor casually put in his jacket pocket was paid for, loud and clear. They also gave out free cigs to anyone who mattered, or was at least, "in the scene."

More smoking stuff: Anti-smoking activists lobby for no smoking onscreen, or they slap you with NC-17 ratings. As for me, just don't smoke when I'm around. That's hell on the hair, especially after you spent the better half of an hour shampooing and conditioning your hair. Get your cigs away from me, you chimney. This one via metafilter.