AP Spotlight The country that made smoking sexy is breaking up with cigarettes THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press Jun 7, 2025 Jun 7, 2025 Updated Feb 3, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PARIS — Brigitte Bardot lounged barefoot on a Saint-Tropez beach, drawing languorous puffs from her cigarette. Another actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo, swaggered down the Champs-Élysées with smoke curling from his defiant lips, capturing a generation's restless rebellion.kAmx? uC2?46[ 4:82C6EE6D H6C6 ?6G6C ;FDE 4:82C6EE6D — E96J H6C6 4:?6>2E:4 DE2E6>6?ED[ 7=:CE2E:@?D 2?5 C636==:@?D HC2AA65 :? C@==:?8 A2A6C]k^AmkAm*6E 368:??:?8 yF=J `[ :7 q2C5@E 2?5 q6=>@?5@VD :4@?:4 7:=> D46?6D H6C6 C6A62E65 :? C62= =:76[ E96J H@F=5 36 DF3;64E E@ FA E@ S`db :? 7:?6D]k^Am kAmp7E6C 8=2>@C:K:?8 E@3244@ 7@C 564256D[ uC2?46 :D AC6A2C:?8 7@C :ED >@DE DH66A:?8 D>@<:?8 32? J6E] %96 ?6H C6DEC:4E:@?D[ 2??@F?465 3J w62=E9 |:?:DE6C r2E96C:?6 '2FEC:?[ H:== @FE=2H D>@<:?8 :? 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