"i do think its time that we confront our beloved bond on this dreadful smoking habit. wait, no. its an addiction, and its his time to quit."

"It could have been because smoking became socially less acceptable"

"thats what i think. as different states start to ban smoking (almost everywhere) it become less socially acceptable. plus, i think less people are smoking and as more people quit, the producers made bond quit."

"Do we lose some part of Bond because he's not a smoker?"

"Many of these flaws have been erased in the movie, but new flaws have been introduced. We've already brought up some of the literary Bond's flaws... what are his flaws in the cinematic version of CR?"

"which I think ridiculous and slightly fascist--but hey, I see their point--I desperately wanted a cigarette during "Good Night and Good Luck!"

The smoking is not what makes Bond Bond."

"i think its a little bit of both. he wanted to make bond cool (esp. so that he could make money from the books) and to make a secret agent seem human."

"i know its not cool, thats y i dont smoke. but as u said, its a different era. smoking 70 a day is frowned upon now, but maybe it was different in the 50's."