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.