I've been thinking of doing something like this from the beginning. No cigarettes around here, so I made one out of a straw wrapped in toilet paper. I lit it, blew it out, to create the "ash" on the end. Then I did a cut and paste of an image of smoke. I had color on my hair, so I just decided to be as unattractive as possible. LOL
This is great work. Absolutely love the concept, even if not a real ciggy :) The high key works so well, particularly with the half portrait crop... and a flawless job in pp I might add. May have to try something like this myself sometime...
Wrapped in toilet paper? Nah, you're supposed to use leaves. That's what we used to do... :-) Really a compelling shot on it's own, TP aside. And I get a kick out of the fact you take time to shoot a picture WHILE you've got color on your hair - isn't that supposed to be a timed sorta thing?