Cigarette 🚬

This emoji shows a single cigarette, typically rendered as a slender white cylinder with a dark brown or orange tip representing the burning end, and sometimes a darker section at the filter end. The visual is straightforward and immediately recognizable—it's designed to depict a lit or unlit cigarette in its most standard form, with some platforms showing subtle smoke wisps.

Beyond literal smoking references, the cigarette emoji carries cultural weight in digital communication. People use it when discussing smoking habits, quitting smoking, or in contexts related to nicotine and tobacco. It also appears in edgier humor, rebellious memes, or vintage/retro aesthetic posts. In some contexts, it's used to reference relaxation or stress relief, though this association is increasingly complicated by health awareness.

The emoji also appears in creative or artistic discussions—think aesthetic photos, film noir references, or vintage fashion imagery. Some users employ it ironically or as part of jokes about "cool" behavior, though the connotations have shifted considerably as smoking has become less socially normalized in many Western contexts.

Interestingly, some platforms and app stores have restricted cigarette emoji promotion or visibility due to health concerns, though the emoji itself remains available. It was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, making it one of the earliest emojis and a relic of the pre-regulation era of emoji design when health considerations weren't primary concerns.