# Is Pierce Brosnan a smoker?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pierce-brosnan-a-smoker/384355 "2006-12-16T01:05:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pierce-brosnan-a-smoker/384355/1 "2006-12-16T01:05:57Z")

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I read that Brosnan no longer smoked cigarettes and was quite adamant that James Bond not smoke while he played the role.

Now I just saw the movie “The Matador” in which Brosnan’s character smokes quite a lot. I seem to remember him smoking in something else I have seen recently. So has he fallen off the wagon and started smoking again? Or has he just given up his stand against his characters smoking?

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pierce-brosnan-a-smoker/384355/2 "2006-12-16T06:24:23Z")

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Don’t know about cigs, but I recall seeing pics of him in public smoking cigars.

Sir Rhosis

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pierce-brosnan-a-smoker/384355/3 "2006-12-16T14:49:13Z")

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Did he smoke in “The Tailor of Panama?”

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pierce-brosnan-a-smoker/384355/4 "2006-12-16T17:30:36Z")

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Last I heard, he was still a smoker, but refused to smoke as Bond because he knew how much an influence it was on him as a child to get him smoking (the first movie he ever saw was a Connory Bond film). I remember reading an interview with him about _Tomorrow Never Dies_ and he said there was one scene where Bond was sitting there, drinking vodka, and it “Sooo, called for a cigarette, but I just couldn’t let him do it.” When I saw that scene, I couldn’t help but think, “Bond _does_ need a cigarette.” There’s a couple in _Casino Royale_ where Bond, IMHO, should be smoking, but I can understand why they don’t want to show him smoking any more.