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How smoking became 'cool again': Stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX can't help lighting up despite years of anti-cigarette campaigns

How smoking became 'cool again': Stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX can't help lighting up despite years of anti-cigarette campaigns

From Charli XCX's cigarette-filled Brat tour to Sabrina Carpenter using a fork as a cigarette holder in a music video, the all-too-familiar white sticks have snuck their way back into pop culture.

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