Cigarette

Cigarettes, also known as fags, (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace, PROSE: The King of Terror) were a type of drug used by humans. They consisted of tobacco leaves rolled up and lit on fire, the user inhaling the resulting smoke. They could be lit with a lighter. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)

Ritter smoking a cigarette. (TV: The Man from MI.5)

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Fitz Kreiner was pleased to recall that no smoking ban existed in Paris in the 1930s so he could smoke his cigarettes indoors. (PROSE: History 101)

In 1953, the health risks of smoking cigarettes were unknown. (TV: Out of Time)

In 1964, the miniaturised Ian Chesterton and Susan Foreman discovered a box of cigarettes while investigating Arnold Farrow's sidewalk. Forester and Smithers later smoked cigarettes while inside Farrow's house. (TV: Planet of Giants)

Jimmy Bondson holding a cigarette. (TV: The Man from MI.5)

In an account dated to January 1965, criminal gang leader Carl, member of said gang Ritter, and MI5 agent Jimmy Bondson, were smokers. Tidman was often smoking cigarettes, even aboard Carl's gang's submarine, where there was an ashtray. Carl was smoking a cigarette aboard his boat when he read in a newspaper about "Gayle WIlliams"' knowledge regarding the assassination of Captain Blacker. Bondson held a cigarette while waiting by his car in the Forest of Digne for Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward to communicate with him during their second and final meeting in the forest. (TV: The Man from MI.5)

Anji Kapoor briefly smoked cigarettes during her first term in college. (PROSE: Fear Itself)

David Fisher and the rest of Nigel's gang smoked cigarettes outside Mr Golieweski's newsagent shop. (PROSE: Monsters)

In the 21st century, cigarette boxes advertised that "Smoking Kills". According to natives of that century such as Owen Harper, people from the 1950s such as Diane Holmes "smoke[d] too much." There was a smoking ban in pubs in Wales. (TV: Out of Time) It was illegal at this time to sell tobacco products to those under the age of 16, (TV: Love & Monsters) and later, 18. (TV: For Tonight We Might Die)

In 2011, after Miracle Day caused all humans to be immortal, some speculated cancer cells would be nullified. Allen Shapiro believed this was enough reason to start smoking again. (TV: End of the Road)

By 2069, cannabis cigarettes could be bought and sold in England, and some were manufactured in Birmingham. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)

By the 26th century, the toxic materials were removed from cigarettes. The loss of danger meant they became less popular. (PROSE: Dry Pilgrimage)

By the 30th century, humans had been modified so that regular cigarettes would not be dangerous. (PROSE: Damaged Goods)

Humans often went outside or to secluded areas to smoke. By the 51st century, spaceships like SS Madame de Pompadour had smoking pods where crew members could smoke. Rose Tyler noted when the SS Madame de Pompadour had no life signs on board that the crew members couldn't have gone outside for a "quick fag" in deep space. The Tenth Doctor responded that he checked the smoking pods. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace)

At some point in the future, cigarettes had been banned on Earth colonies for centuries, although they were legal on Jenggel. (PROSE: Combat Rock)

One of the robots in Ernest Tiermann's Dreamhome not only provided cigarettes, but also smoked them. (PROSE: Sick Building)

When trying to attract a Hoix, Owen Harper used a packet of cigarettes to feed it. (TV: Exit Wounds)

Craig Owens specified "non-smoker" when trying to find a lodger. (TV: The Lodger)

The Xlanthi found smoking to be one of the crimes punishable by death. (PROSE: Beige Planet Mars)

The smoking Cyberman.

The 2013 docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time opens with an actor portraying a Mondasian Cyberman smoking a cigarette on the set of The Tenth Planet.