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Supplementary File to Cover Essay: , ’s over Six Decades

Online Table 1: Timeline of selected smoking-related issues in 24 James Bond movies from 1962 to 2015 Smoking-related issue Year Movie title First movie with Bond smoking and it includes him smoking in bed (observable 1962 Dr No in a mirror). First time that Bond’s work colleague at MI6, , smokes. 1963 From Russia with Love First mention of smoking-related health risks directed to Bond: “You should give 1967 You Only up smoking, are very bad for your chest”. A subsequent warning Live Twice was: “…for people who smoke too many cigarettes like you”. First mention of a constituent: “It won’t be the that kills you Mr Bond” when Bond asks for a “last” when captured. stubs out her cigarette in an on Bond’s naked chest when 1971 Diamonds he is lying in bed. For a photo see: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/- are Forever w7cbDGXBaw4/T4YDD_UtFtI/AAAAAAAADRo/wZ2Pi3h65wU/s1600/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Tiffany-Case-Jill-St- John-James-Bond-Sean-Connery-ashtray.png A mention of warnings by Bond: “I see why these packets carry a 1974 The Man with government warning” … “They certainly can damage your health” – when the Golden seeing bullets hidden in a cigarette packet. Gun The last occurrence of tobacco-related littering by Bond (he tosses his cigar). First occurrence of spontaneous quitting: A bystander who is coughing and 1979 smoking sees a floating coffin in a Venice canal and suddenly throws his cigarette away. His “smoker’s cough” is particular robust. A pack of Marlboro cigarettes are clearly visible in a drawer and there is a prominent billboard advertising Marlboro. Discussion of cigarette smuggling occurs. 1981 For Your Eyes Only First time a person is seen going outside to smoke: “I’ going for a cigarette”. 1995 This might suggests that this Russian space-tracking complex is a smokefree workplace, but his action is actually an escape ploy to leave the complex before a mass shooting. After lighting a man’s cigarette (as a ploy to distract him), Bond knocks him out 1997 Tomorrow (presumably to take his gun) and remarks on his smoking: “filthy habit”. Never Dies First very large indoor scene with many people and no smoking visible. This is at a launch of the media network in Germany by the villain Elliot Carver. Bond’s major collaborator Pam Bouvier has a smoking relapse at a time of high 1989 Licence to anxiety: “I haven’t had one of these in five years”. Kill Bond’s gift of a cigar to his work colleague Miss Moneypenny is thrown by her 1999 The World Is into a rubbish bin. not Enough Indoor smoking in a plane (a private one) and on a submarine (albeit a hijacked one). Last occurrence of smoking by Bond (his last cigar). A medical check-up after 2002 Die Another being imprisoned in North Korea for 14 months with a scan reports nothing Day about tobacco-related damage, but that his liver was “not too good”. In contrast, Damian Falco (US National Security Agency chief) seems to light up a cigarette when he is under stress. The first time in the series in which no smoking by anyone is seen, including 2006 Casino villains and people in the background. Royale The last occurrence of smoking by a sexual partner of Bond, Sévérine. Her 2012

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Smoking-related issue Year Movie title smoking is a strong visual feature – how she blows the smoke out and the ash accumulating on the end of her cigarette. There is the image of a giant cigar coming from a skull in the “day of the dead” 2015 procession in Mexico. There is no smoking by major associates of Bond, but there is still smoking by others, including indoors.

Online Table 2: Smoking-related gadgetry and use of smoking in spy work

Smoking-related details Year Movie title Cigarette pack with cyanide-containing cigarettes for use in suicide. 1962 Dr No Asking for a cigarette light is used as a code for agents meeting up. “Do you 1963 From Russia have a match?” “I have a ”. “Even better”. “Until they go wrong”. with Love Cigarette that fires a rocket – demonstrated and then later used by Bond in a 1967 You Only fight. This gadget is introduced to Bond with some irony “It can save your life Live Twice this cigarette”. “The Felix Lighter” is a radio transmitter/receiver disguised as a cigarette 1973 Live and Let lighter in a car. The name is a play on a CIA agent who helps Bond. Die A disguised cigarette lighter and cigarette case (along with a pen) are used to 1974 Man with the make a “golden gun”. Golden Gun A cigarette used by a Russian spy is used to blow powder into Bond’s face and 1977 The Spy who knock him out. Loved Me A hookah pipe is disguised as a machine gun in ’s gadget laboratory. A cigarette case with cigarettes inside is actually an electronic device for 1979 Moonraker opening safes. Marlboro branding was evident (on a billboard and a pack). Use of a cigarette pack (“Lark” brand) as a remote control detonator for an 1989 Licence to explosion (for a photo see: Kill http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/page-blog- images/License%20to%20Kill%201989.png). In a possible attempt to “balance” this branding issue, a US Surgeon General’s health warning about smoking was added (in small print) into the credits at the end. Use of an engraved cigarette lighter by Bond to set fire to a fuel-drenched villain.

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