Noel King

All right, I'm going to be honest about something.

I smoke sometimes.

I know I shouldn't.

It's a disgusting habit.

It will kill me.

But on occasion, when life gets stressful, and right now, life is a little stressful, I am not alone.

If you've been paying attention, it feels like cigarettes are everywhere all of a sudden.

Sabrina Carpenter was posed with a cigarette for Interview magazine.

Chapel Roan did a sort of Sig in the wig when she did her Tiny Desk performance.

Though it looks like it's all my hair...

It's a wig, so.

We also had Lady Gaga referencing smoking and posing with a cigarette when she did her.

So today we will be asking, is smoking back?

Coming up on Today Explained, from Vox.

And I'm Cassidy Hubbard, host and reporter for nearly 20 years, covering the biggest names and stories in sports and mom.

Four years ago, I got a tip about the court, and I was not in the market to cover it whatsoever.

But this tip was about a secret influence campaign that had been carried out inside the court.

As you know, the very idea of that is outrageous.

So I am Marnie Rose McFall, and I am a US news reporter for Newsweek.

What do you cover?