I appreciate your observations about smoking’s resurgence in fashion circles, but I’d gently push back on the “what people do with their bodies” framing when it comes to a platform like yours.
Unlike most personal choices, smoking is uniquely addictive and deadly—there’s no safe amount, and it kills half of long-term users. The timing you’ve noted isn’t coincidental: the Master Settlement Agreement’s advertising restrictions have indeed weakened, and we’re seeing exactly what public health experts predicted.
Fashion has enormous cultural influence, especially on young people. When smoking appears at NYFW or in trend pieces without pushback, it doesn’t just reflect culture—it shapes it. We spent decades reducing youth smoking rates through education and de-glamorization. Those gains are fragile.
I’m not suggesting you police anyone’s choices, but using your platform to acknowledge the reality—that this is a deadly, addictive product being remarketed to a new generation—would be genuinely helpful. A simple “this trend comes with serious health consequences” doesn’t require being preachy; it’s just honest.
Your voice matters to your readers. We can document trends while also refusing to let a new generation get hooked on something we know will hurt them.
Actually I agree with Silvie .. and the audacity of Gwyneth ‘my body is a temple’ Paltrow pushing cigs is just such a joke… both my grandfathers died of lung cancer, let’s not cycle through that again with our kids
How about focusing on raising your own kids with discernment instead of policing what creators do in their newsletters? Teaching judgment was never their job to begin with.
Also, I don’t expect anyone to care about deaths in my family, so I’m not going to pretend to feel differently about yours.
I appreciate your observations about smoking’s resurgence in fashion circles, but I’d gently push back on the “what people do with their bodies” framing when it comes to a platform like yours.
Unlike most personal choices, smoking is uniquely addictive and deadly—there’s no safe amount, and it kills half of long-term users. The timing you’ve noted isn’t coincidental: the Master Settlement Agreement’s advertising restrictions have indeed weakened, and we’re seeing exactly what public health experts predicted.
Fashion has enormous cultural influence, especially on young people. When smoking appears at NYFW or in trend pieces without pushback, it doesn’t just reflect culture—it shapes it. We spent decades reducing youth smoking rates through education and de-glamorization. Those gains are fragile.
I’m not suggesting you police anyone’s choices, but using your platform to acknowledge the reality—that this is a deadly, addictive product being remarketed to a new generation—would be genuinely helpful. A simple “this trend comes with serious health consequences” doesn’t require being preachy; it’s just honest.
Your voice matters to your readers. We can document trends while also refusing to let a new generation get hooked on something we know will hurt them.
Silvie, get a grip & stop bitching.
Actually I agree with Silvie .. and the audacity of Gwyneth ‘my body is a temple’ Paltrow pushing cigs is just such a joke… both my grandfathers died of lung cancer, let’s not cycle through that again with our kids
How about focusing on raising your own kids with discernment instead of policing what creators do in their newsletters? Teaching judgment was never their job to begin with.
Also, I don’t expect anyone to care about deaths in my family, so I’m not going to pretend to feel differently about yours.