It's no secret that the topic of smoking and drinking alcohol is often enough touched on in popular culture, including literature, music, and cinema. Especially often in the modern world you can find quotes about alcohol and cigarettes, which are so boring to the young layer of society. What is the special, unique charm of these quotes that makes young hearts tremble?
Smoking in music
Speaking primarily about the current culture, one cannot miss the attention of the authors of modern music, which has gained popularity among young people. A striking example of the use of the above topics is a quote about cigarettes and smoke of the musician LIZER:
A pack of cigarettes in my pocket
It makes me live this day.
I'll take the phone, call my mom:
"Mom, why do I want to die?"
In these lines you can notice the routine and urgency of the problems that the modern idol of youth sings about. But even the name of the track, where these lines come from - “A pack of cigarettes” - is quite a direct reference to the song of the same idol of the past generation by Viktor Tsoi. For a better understanding, here are the lines from the version of the song “from the past”:
But if you have a pack of cigarettes in your pocket,
So, everything is not so bad today.
Comparing the two quotes, one wonders involuntarily: are the problems of youth changing from generation to generation, or have quotes about cigarettes been and always will be relevant, regardless of decades. Indeed, the older generation often condemns the young for its frivolity, abuse of profanity and bad habits, completely forgetting that they themselves were once at the age at which lyrics of such songs were eaten into the head and sounded from every second apartment.
Famous Smoking Persons
It is worth noting that the topic of smoking has been raised more than once by famous people. Which makes it even more ordinary, understandable to every person, regardless of their social status, position in society, financial condition, family income and other conventions.
Here is what Mark Twain (an American journalist, public figure) said about smoking:
Quitting smoking is very simple. I have done it a thousand times!
I made it a rule to never smoke more than one cigarette at a time.
If I can't smoke in heaven, then this place is not for me.
One cannot but appreciate the humorous approach of this person to the sensational problem and the sarcastic attitude towards opponents of smoking. His quotes can rightly be considered aphorisms that will never lose their relevance.
Quotes about cigarettes and alcohol were not alien to other famous literary figures, Alexander Dumas (French writer) was no exception:
Tobacco, which I have refused for several years, in my opinion, along with alcohol is the most dangerous enemy of mental activity.
Love and cigarettes
The theme of smoking is often very closely intertwined with the theme of love in creativity, especially unrequited. A vivid example of this relationship is a quote about cigarettes and love from a poem by a poetess girl, popular among young people, who spread their work under the pseudonym Belinda by heart:
"Smoking kills" After reading, light a cigarette in response. Really no one knows - Not die from cigarettes. I often see through irony About lung cancer, about death, rickets. Why don't they write in public about the aftermath of their love?
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In the XXI century, we increasingly notice the trend of a healthy lifestyle, which is increasingly spreading in society. It may seem that we have finally reached the point where the unhealthy, sometimes even asocial way of being becomes unkempt. It seems that the basics of healthy eating, sports and giving up various bad habits are actively coming into fashion. But do not forget that exceptions to the rules have always existed and will exist.
The most susceptible layer of society to opposing mass culture, the most prone to non-conformism and counterculture, as always, is youth. Let's pay attention to one more contemporary idol of her - the underground group from Novosibirsk, which pleases its audience with uncomplicated music - “Buerak”:
I like my passion for smoking
I smoke a cigarette and it repeats itself
I love to watch the ashes crumble from it,
I smoke a cigarette and it repeats.
In these lines, the performer tells us about his addiction in a completely friendly manner. Obviously, for a person with not fully formed ideals, which is a teenage child, such lines can serve as a trigger, an urge to act, a desire to start smoking.
A counter example of smoking propaganda
Having mentioned enough negative examples of quotes about cigarettes, we will touch upon those moments in art in which the habit of smoking is highlighted in a negative way, and, accordingly, sets the priorities of young people in the right direction. Let us turn to the book of John Green and the film of the same name, “Blame the Stars,” shot on this book:
“Do you think it's cool, or what?” You ruined everything.
- Everything?
- Yes all. And so it was all right. Without hamartia is impossible? Yours is similar in that you have cancer, but you are ready to enrich the tobacco companies in order to get more cancer. You know, the inability to breathe is terrible. Really awful.
- Gamartia?
- A fatal flaw.
- Ah, fatal. Hazel Grace, they don't harm until you light them.
- M?
- I do not light. This is a metaphor. You insert a thing that kills between your teeth, but does not give an opportunity to kill you. Metaphor.
In this small dialogue, we see a conflict between the two characters of the book. The girl shows her clear disapproval of buying cigarettes for a young man who has cancer. However, the guy indicates his use of cigarettes as a metaphor, because he seems to be playing, defying things that could kill him. The situation, beautifully and succinctly inscribed in the plot of the novel, takes its place in the reader’s head for a long time and is often remembered in the future. This is a great example of anti-smoking promotion in modern society.