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Things just haven’t been the same at the annual family picnic since Uncle Charlie passed away. The way he ruffled my hair every year like I was still seven. The hard gravel of his nicotine stained voice. The waft of tobacco and cheap cologne that would stick to the walls for months following his visits. Nope, things just aren’t the same without Uncle Charlie. Apart from building an Uncle Charlie cyborg, there’s not much we can do to replicate that... Continue reading

Walk down any city street. Wonder why your not sifting through knee-high piles of cigarette butts? Thank the street cleaners for that. Puerto Rican artist Jesus Bubu Negron commissioned street cleaners to collect enough cigarette butts to create a carpet made out of the most common piece of city litter. Presented at the Sharjah Biennale, the rug is composed of pieces of the cigarette butt’s papers layered on top of each other, weaved to create a solid piece of carpet. I really... Continue reading

Scrapped straight from the archives, here’s a classic Star Wars anti-smoking PSA to perk up your day. C-3PO finds R2-D2 smoking in the corner, and boy, is he unhappy. Doesn’t R2 know the dangers of droids smoking? Poor little guy, so naive. Link

I smoked for nearly ten years, from the time I was 14 to my current age of 23. I quit about a year ago, with a few naughty indiscretions in between, and everyday, I still think about smoking. I’m unsure if that urge will ever truly go away, but I know in the long run, the cravings are worth the trouble. For now, the battle is constant. These Coffin-Shaped Packs of Cigarettes reminded me of my ultimate fate if I... Continue reading

Many are familiar with this essential pair. What would the morning be without a cigarette and a strong cup of hot joe? Miserable is what it would be. Mixing your love for coffee, carcinogens, and saving the Earth, this Coffee Ashtray is a green alternative to the material of your other ashtrays, made with compressed coffee grounds. Just as long as you know that no matter what ashtray you use, you’re still going to die, slowly and painfully. Have a... Continue reading

If you can’t go very long without a smoke pressed between your lips and your cell pressed to your ear, you might need a way to join the two mediums. Sure, we’ve seen the device which swears to be the ultimate smoker’s phone, but where is the lighter? The SB6309 Cigarette Lighter Phone includes a lighter in its ingeniously deadly design. Slip the protective cover back and flick the lighter button. Soon enough, you be flaming mon. Link

This is a mod that hits close to home due to the fact that my iPod’s headphone jack died this week. Perhaps I should just gut it and turn it into a little case like this one. It holds plenty of cigarettes for your smoking pleasure. Pretend you’re a modern day Steve McQueen and light up a fag for good measure. Then again, I suppose I could just buy a new headphone jack and solder it to the iPod. Yeah,... Continue reading

Nothing brings together friends like a pack of smokes. Face off with your Parliaments as the trashy dude from across the train tracks whips out his Newports in a brilliant match of Tic Tac Toe. First one to die of cancer wins. $18 and a lifetime subscription to cancer are all you need to get started. Link (via)

This re-creation of Van Gogh’s “Skull with a Burning Cigarette” was made entirely of cigarette packs. If you look very closely, you’ll see the painting resembles a mosaic and is filled with packs of Winston, Camel, and Marlboro cigarettes. How appropriate, unlike some other works of art we know of, this is true dedicated. Cancer sticks at their best if you ask me. After the jump, you’ll be able to see some close up shots and what brands of smokes... Continue reading

Landline phones are so 1992. And if we had a choice between a cigarette-themed mobile phone or a similar landline device, we’d no doubt choose the mobile version. This particular landline phones attempts to disguise itself as a pack of Camel Filters. The $49 touchtone landline phone doesn’t even allow the luxury of actually holding cigarettes, but it could be a good way to hide the fact that you even use a landline anymore. For extra fun, count how many... Continue reading