What does 🚬 Cigarette mean?
A lit cigarette. It stands for smoking, smoke breaks and tobacco. People use it to say they are stepping outside for a smoke, to talk about quitting, or in no-smoking reminders. Online it also appears in memes for a calm, contemplative or tough-guy mood, as if pausing to reflect after some drama. Pair it with 🚭 for no smoking.
🚬 Cigarette is an emoji from the Objects category (miscellaneous objects), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
🚬 Cigarette on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cigarette looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Cigarette emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🚬 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :smoking:.
When was the Cigarette emoji added?
🚬 Cigarette was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🚬 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Cigarette. The underlying code (U+1F6AC) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.