The effects of cigarette smoking on the voice
This thread is meant to show examples and have discussion about cigarette smoking's effects on singers. For some reason, it seems that performers smoke at a far higher percentage than the general population. Whether this is just a misconception, or reality, I'm not sure. A few people have been lucky enough to not have their voice not totally destroyed by it, other's sound like croaking frogs. Here's a pretty striking example. The original recording from 1971, and a re-recording by the same artist in 2005. Pretty shocking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBXuPs7scZo