The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes

THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press
Jun 7, 2025
Jun 7, 2025 Updated Feb 3, 2026
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PARIS — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, swaggered down the Champs-Élysées with smoke curling from his defiant lips, capturing a generation's restless rebellion.

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