There is a scene in my "Abyss" movie where Manny starts smoking a blunt while Eric has an unpleasant phone conversation with the bus company. So, the theme of this week’s Monday Movie Meme is inspired by one man’s pastime during a tense situation: Thank You for Smoking.

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring people who smoke. This includes cigarettes, cigars and weed. Remember to link back to this blog post and visit the blogs of other Monday Movie Meme participants. Here are my selections for this week’s Thank You for Smoking theme.

The Golden Child
There is a dragon lady in this movie who smokes cigarettes behind a screen while offering advice on how to find a kidnapped child in Tibet.

Set It Off
Three of the leading friends in this movie get high, smoking marijuana on a rooftop following their latest shift work as janitors. I’m saying three because the fourth friend named T.T.(played by Kimberly Elise) is a non-smoker who just chills with the group, imagining what the job market would be like if a nearby factory didn’t start laying off its workforce. This is the scene where Frankie’s (played by Vivica A. Fox) bank robbery suggestion gets serious.

Love Jones
One of the main characters, Darius, has such a heavy smoking habit that his married friend suggests that its the reason he couldn’t run fast enough through that train station. “Maybe if you weren’t sucking on those cancer sticks...you would’ve caught her!” is one of the lines that reference his smoking habit.

What movies have YOU watched that feature people with smoking habits?