I found a show called "All is Forgiven " starring Bess Armstrong. Her character was a smoker. That show ran for nine episodes in 1986. Would that be the last sitcom with this?

Chandler smoked for a while on Friends

I have one source saying Peg Bundy smoked through Season 4, which would reach to 1990.

Edit: Bill McNeal on Newsradio is presented as a smoker in at least three episodes, 1995-98.

As above, you have specific episodes about smoking, as with Chandler. How I Met Your Mother had "Last Cigarette Ever," in 2009.

John Becker from Becker (1998-2004) was regularly seen smoking.

John Becker from Becker (1998-2004) was regularly seen smoking.

Wow, how could I forget Becker. That's one of my favorite shows. Funny how he hid his cigarettes in the cash register at the diner. Plus the character was a doctor. I always found it odd seeing doctors smoke. Hennessey was one of the first I remember being a smoker.

I have one source saying Peg Bundy smoked through Season 4, which would reach to 1990.

Edit: Bill McNeal on Newsradio is presented as a smoker in at least three episodes, 1995-98.

As above, you have specific episodes about smoking, as with Chandler. How I Met Your Mother had "Last Cigarette Ever," in 2009.

There were a lot of shows that had a single episode about a character smoking. Kate and Allie was one with Kate smoking. And One Day at a Time had Ann's boyfriend/husband Sam as a smoker. What was weird was they never smoked before or after that episode that they did smoke.

Baby Billy from “The Righteous Gemstones” smokes.

Baby Billy from “The Righteous Gemstones” smokes.

And One Day at a Time had Ann's boyfriend/husband Sam as a smoker. What was weird was they never smoked before or after that episode that they did smoke.

Schneider was practically always seen with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve of his T-shirt, though I don't recall seeing him smoke.

Schneider was practically always seen with a pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve of his T-shirt, though I don't recall seeing him smoke.

So did Fonzie in the early seasons of Happy Days.

Chandler smoked for a while on Friends

It's made much worse when you learn that Matthew Perry (https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/matthew-perry-cause-of-death-ketamine-drowning-1234930494/) in real life, was diagnosed with (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-15/matthew-perry-death-cause-ketamine) COPD (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/copd/symptoms-causes/syc-20353679).

I have always wondered back in the days of cigarette ads on TV were there ever any episodes of shows sponsored by tobacco companies in which character A offered character B a ciggie only for the latter to say that he or she doesn't smoke.

I have always wondered back in the days of cigarette ads on TV were there ever any episodes of shows sponsored by tobacco companies in which character A offered character B a ciggie only for the latter to say that he or she doesn't smoke.

I'm sure it's happened. What I found odd was Robert Young's character on Father Knows Best smoked in the first episode but not after that. The show was sponsored by Kent cigarettes.