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Everything but the smoke: What’s behind the rise in cigarette iconography in art and design? | Canada Voices

Open this photo in gallery:Lindsey Gazel, the Toronto pastry chef behind Lindsey Bakes says requests for cigarette-themed sweet treats have increased over the past year.Lindsey Bakes/SuppliedAt the opening reception for her recent exhibition at the Lobby in Toronto’s Summerhill neighbourhood, artist Rundi Phelan handed out cigarettes to guests. Some resembled the usual off-white sticks with light brown filters; others had glowing orange embers. But all were made of ceramic, not paper. “They went very quickly,” Phelan said. The playful keepsakes echoed a series of decorative ceramic ashtrays displayed alongside the artist’s lush, colourful paintings of flowers and trees. Some of…

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