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I recently watched Star Trek: The Next Generation and in Season 1 Episode 11 he gets offered a cigarette and takes it, for me indicating that he would smoke. Even though he coughs after pulling once. is it just to fit in to the character of dixon hill or the actor or is it picard as a character?

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[-] BunnyKnuckles@startrek.website 21 points 1 year ago

According to Google, Stewart started smoking in 1955 and quit in 2000. Smoking doesn't really appear to be thing in the Star Trek future.

[-] aariion@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I was not able to find that information on the internet sadly.

[-] japps13@lemmy.physfluids.fr 1 points 1 year ago

Extinguish that !

[-] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

The actor of captain Picard

Do you honestly not recognize Sir Patrick Stewart? No shade, it’s just wild to think there would be people who don’t recognize him at all, given the length and breadth of his career.

In answer to your question, I can’t speak for Patric Stewart, but my guess is that he chose to play the scene that way because it’s likely that very few people in the Federation smoke, and that’s probably doubly true for people who spend most of their time on a spaceship. My guess would be that Stewart was trying to indicate to the audience that smoking would be somewhat of an anachronism in the 23rd century.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Is the active ingredient in holographic cigarettes synthatine?

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