HOME / Culturebox : Arts, entertainment, and more. Smoke Screens How Hollywood really made cigarettes cool. By David Segal|Updated Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at 11:22 AM Tweet Click here to watch a slide show on smoking in the movies. . Tweet MYSLATE Save this story. Follow all Culturebox articles. Follow the Arts section. Follow stories by David Segal. MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. SLATE'S MOST VIRAL Who Said It: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford or Simpsons Mayor Diamond Joe Quimby? Is Wal-Mart in Trouble? Is Amazon to Blame? Is Your State Bird a Stupid State Bird? What It Should Be Instead. David Segal is a writer living in New York City. Photograph of Bette Davis on the Slate home page by George Hurrell/John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images. Click here to load comments.