Despite its health hazards, we see in magazines and movies that smoking is often portrayed as being sexy. But why? The folks over at MSNBC.com investigate.

Is this common? To think a woman smoking might be sexy? In my old high school, if you wanted some idea of who the wicked girls were, you’d find out which ones snuck cigarettes in the bathrooms. These weren’t the goody-two-shoes, obey the rules, no-making-out-on-the-first-date girls, no sireee! I remember — well, never mind what I remember.

Read the full story at MSNBC.com.