EXCLUSIVE The surprising celebrities who still smoke cigarettes despite pushing healthy lifestyles- from good girl Jennifer Aniston to blockbuster actress Natalie Portman READ MORE: How 350 young adults are getting hooked on smoking every day By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:45 EDT, 22 June 2024 | Updated: 20:47 EDT, 22 June 2024 e-mail 2 View comments They push their green juice cleanses, sunrise yoga classes and wellness retreats, but behind their healthy public personas, some 'it' celebrities hide a nasty habit — cigarette smoking. America's best 'friend' Jennifer Aniston , who was a chain smoker early in her career, was caught lighting up again on her 53rd birthday.
And worldwide-famous supermodel Bella Hadid appears to be picking up cigarettes again, after being snapped puffing on one while enjoying the sun in Cannes, France . Statistics show fewer people are lighting up traditional cigarettes than ever. Among those aged 18 to 24 years old, five percent smoked in 2022, a quarter of the 19 percent in 2011, while among adults just 12 percent smoke today — half the number from a decade ago.
But experts worry that as celebrities once again glamorize the deadly habit, smoking could become 'in' again — and be taken up by a new wave of young people. Former New York City health commissioner Dr Mary Bassett said previously: ' When young people see glamorous stars smoking and flouting the law, it undermines the progress that has been mad.
