Cigarettes have their time and place in art—when they're needed for authenticity, like in Mad Men, or to lend a subversive quality, like in vintage fashion editorials, when we just started to know better but turned a blind eye. But that's not what's happening here. It's true that the overall number of tobacco users has decreased significantly over the last few decades—and that's a great thing. It shows that as a country, we're wising up. We now care about things like kale and green juice and we all know that cigarettes are poisonous. So it’s hard not to feel baffled when you think of the significant progress we’ve made, only to have these powerhouses of social influence tear it all down. I consulted street-style photographer Scott Schuman, better known by The Sartorialist, for his own opinion on smoking in candid and editorial images. As arguably one of the most famous street style photographers in the world, much of Schuman's portfolio captures women mid-puff.