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Do you know why James Bond can't smoke cigars?

I can carry bullets, but I can't carry cigars. I can smash other people's heads, but I can't light a good cigar. "

James Bond was smoking when he first appeared on the screen. That was the beginning of the first 007 film "Dr. No" released in 1962. Sitting in the casino, Bond took a cigarette and lit it with a lighter. At the same time, he reported his name to the sexy girl across the card table: "Bond, James Bond." In 2005, this leisure route was selected as one of "100 classic routes" by the Motion Picture Association of America (AFI).

In casino royale, the first James Bond novel published by 1953, on the first day of James Bond's appearance, when he returned to the hotel from the casino at night, the novel described it as follows: "Bond took off his clothes and took a cold bath. Then, he lit the 70th cigarette of the day ... "The cigarette he smoked at that time was customized at Molander Tobacco Store in grosvenor Street, London, using Balkan tobacco and Turkish tobacco.

When the third generation 007 roger moore appeared, Bond seemed to prefer cigars to cigarettes; Just as he prefers champagne to vodka martinis. In 1973' s "Do or Die" which first appeared, the cigar even became Bond's self-defense weapon-when he saw a poisonous snake coming towards him from the washstand in the bathroom, he quickly grabbed a bottle of aftershave, aimed it at the flame of the cigar, pressed the nozzle, and sprayed the flame to kill the poisonous snake. In "Space City" released on 1979, the cigarette case that Bond carried with him was a spy tool with photography function, and the drawings of the space city base in drax were successfully photographed. In addition, in the thrilling chase at the end of the fourth generation 007 "Timothy Dalton License to Kill" (released in 1989), unarmed Bond finally subdued the oil-stained drug Lord Sanchez with Dunhill lighter, and the lighter became the last weapon of Bond.

However, under the pressure of anti-smoking organizations, Bond began to quit smoking after the fifth generation of 007 pierce brosnan's "golden eye" first appeared in 1995. The boss "M" who used to like smoking pipes was replaced by Ms. Judi Dench who never smoked. However, when Rachel, the female secretary of the banking giant, handed Bond a box of cigars, he couldn't help but pick up one-the logo on the cigar box showed Romeo Y Juliet brand, and the cigarette was packed in an aluminum tube that was easy to carry and moisturize.