I surprised myself with my wholesale lingerie perhaps over-the-top emotional reaction to the mere sight of a model holding a cigarette as a prop in a sexy photo shoot. After all, despite the fact that smoking is luckily on the decline, living in New York City means that I encounter my fair share of cigarettes on a daily basis. I have friends who are casual smokers and even dated a full-blown cigarette addict for years. I'm also not totally innocent myself: I'm embarrassed to admit that despite my sober moral stance on the issue, I picked up a short-lived Gwyneth Paltrow-like "social" smoking habit during my college years while abroad in Paris (cliché, I know). But despite the possible hypocrisy, seeing a cigarette used as a chic It-girl accessory struck a cord.