Last sitcom to have a main character who smoked cigarettes

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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?

[Bonniegirl]

Chandler smoked for a while on Friends

[Alan Brady's Hair]

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.

[DJM77]

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

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Originally Posted by DJM77

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.

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Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

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.

[Dream Canteen]

Baby Billy from “The Righteous Gemstones” smokes.

[Dream Canteen]

Baby Billy from “The Righteous Gemstones” smokes.

[biffbronson]

Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

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.

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Originally Posted by biffbronson

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.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Chandler smoked for a while on Friends

It's made much worse when you learn that Matthew Perry in real life, was diagnosed with COPD.

[KurtfromPitts]

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.

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Originally Posted by KurtfromPitts

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.