Yes I agree; your images are a contradiction; and that is what makes them artistic, questioning.I think they would have a place in a serious Art exhibiton because;
1.They clearly show smoking to be sexy
2.They show that being sexy is more important than the risks attached
3.They portray yet subtley parody these risks as portrayed by anti smoking propaganda
4.They are disturbing NOT because of the health thing but because they hit a raw nerve because they are sexy yet show the risks and the fact that women choose accordingly. "Yes it is worth the risk" is the answer.It is first class social comment through Art. I would enter some for a major contemporary Art exhibition if I were you.
I was just saying that some do take it further. That addiction too can be deadly glamorous; heroin chic in fashion modelling for instance. Vampirism I mentioned. Also Ana and Mia diet disorders. These are all behaviours asociated with dissidence and deviation; and in nature evolution come from deviance. So it is correct and proper that such deviant behaviour attracts sexual response. If we go with the "norm" we never advance. Long term this "sowing of wild seed" in deviant relationships produces better genes, and ability to adapt. Many animals do it; mate with unsuitable mates slyly. Birds in particular; the females are attracted to the bad loner male birds while the family guy ends up bringing up this birds young.
So yes; many guys with a sweet lovely wife will end up mating with an unsuitable one. And equally the sweet wife will desire a bad guy. Behaviour such as smoking, the more it is vilified, the sexier it will become.
From a womans point of view , she also needs to feel this way to procure a bad boy.
Imagine if you will two distinct lines of breeding. One from non smokers, one from smokers. Look a 100 years or less down the line. The smokers will have adapted to poor air quality: they will have the tougher lungs in the long run.
People exposed to disease over generations do get used to it; whereas the healthier isolated ones suffer greatly when encountering them hence all the allergy sufferers these days.
As the deviant types within a species have from necessity more sex, then eventually they will dominate.
Which is a very interesting thought.
So while risk yes is a turn on, I can even understand why to some going even further is. Especially when such people often recognise themselves as weak; seeing beautiful smoking women they wouldn't have the guts or ability to date, or even cuckold to them,as something they do not understand as to them they seem so daring they are committed to self destruction.
But to me the attraction is that smokers, are always the stronger,more mature, more sexually advanced, daring ones. They have more sex, earlier and are most likely to be fashionable and sexy.
Only the geeks don't smoke remember? So it is justice that the geeks end up in awe of these women too!
As for women I think there is also an invasive, phallic element to smoking, and the nicotine dominance in their blood is like a man dominating them to which they utterly enjoy surrendering. My girl often pulls a face that looks like an orgasm; "sweet surrender" she says and a smile and a clearly enjoyed exhale is her way of expressing that. And of course, they know the power it has over men; my girlfriend says the most anti are often the most fascinated. And she likes vampire movies too incidentally. Something about the seduction of the dark side.
Just some thoughts.
And seeing the picture you made was nice btw.
