The sudden expansion of the female celebrity smoking list these last few years is a disheartening sign of where we are going. Once upon a time, the list of female celebrities who smoke had dwindled down to the point that there was not even any point in discussing a female celebrity smokers list. It appeared that all the information warning against the dangers of smoking had made an impact, at least enough that female celebrity smokers had the good taste to do their smoking away from the prying eyes of the media.

Unfortunately, that has changed in recent years. Pictures of female celebrity smokers show up regularly in tabloid magazines, much to the dismay of people who know just what smoking can do to the lungs and the heart. Perhaps this would not be quite as bad if the only ones who were being hurt by this behavior were the female celebrities who smoke. But it is the young fans of these female celebrities that smoke who are at the real center of the controversy.

The female celebrity smoker is sending the clear message that the right to personal expression is more important than the welfare of the fan. In effect, female celebrity smoking is telling the people who make the big salaries possible that they are not appreciated and are not valued. Female celebrities smoke to the dismay of people who understand how young people look up to them and apparently think nothing of it. Smoking female celebrities forget that without the fans, they would not be where they are today, and that their fans are not easily replaced once they are gone.

Female celebrities smoking in public is something that will not change until these stars are impacted in the one place that seems to matter most to them. When the cheering and screaming stops, the money stops as well. It is when there the fan base is not large enough to keep them on top that female celebrity smoking will begin to wane, at least in public. If you are serious about sending a clear message to female celebrity smoking adherents, send it by withholding the money to buy their music, attend their movies or buy their products. In a very short time, the message that they need to make some image changes will become apparent and the cigarettes will go to the background, if not out of the picture altogether.