What effect will a picture of Taylor Hanson smoking have on you? Do you even know who this person is? While this musician from Oklahoma and founder of a record label might have little impact on your life, smoking pictures featuring him and his young family may serve to influence your children. He is successful, has a beautiful wife, three adorable children, is already a CEO, and makes music – the dream of every youngster! While it is hard to ignore the smoking gallery that is displayed on the ‘Net now that smoking pics are considered gauche for the regular print media, there are even some pictures of smokers that have become collector’s items.

Take for example the smoking picture of James Dean, as he leans against the famous slattern wall. This is one of the most famous pictures of young people smoking. It is so famous that it is freely displayed anywhere since it has long surpassed the display of an undesirable habit and instead has become a piece of Americana. The same can be said of the next famous contribution to the smoking gallery: Humphrey Bogart with the Maltese Falcon and the ubiquitous cigarette carelessly in his mouth. Who has not seen these photos and thought of the silver screen legends they represented? In many ways, these pictures of people smoking have typified an entire generation!

What is much rarer in today’s smoking gallery are the smoking effects pictures that showcase diseased lungs, amputated limbs, yellowed finger nails, and the sores presented by cancer victims suffering from mouth and cheek cancer. Similarly, the startling effects of smoking pictures that show a removed voice box and the creation of the trachea hole also serve a very serious purpose.

While it is impossible to ban from the smoking gallery the pics of a Beyonce with a stogie or the semi hidden smoking photos of Britney Spears on the balcony of her hotel when she was still trying to keep her image of the girl next door alive, it is a necessity to include in this smoking gallery the effects that the habit has. This might be especially true now that there are a larger number of people who smoke weed - pics provided by friends and sometimes paparazzi – and it is only possible to counteract smoking and pictures by other pictures of the effects of smoking, the dangers of the use of illicit drugs, and of course the consequences that befall the depicted. Pictures of people smoking cigarettes are here to stay and it is up to you to decide how effective you allow them to be in reaching another generation and inspiring them to aspire to the perceived level of cool the stars are portraying.