How many cigarettes are in Peaky Blinders?

Helen McCroy, who plays the formidable Polly Gray, revealed that the cast get through about 5,000 cigarettes during each series of the programme and Cillian Murphy's character gets through about 1,000 alone. However, they are herbal cigarettes and don't contain nicotine... which doesn't make them taste any nicer.
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How many cigarettes were used in Peaky Blinders?

Cillian Murphy character trivia from Peaky Blinders

In a conversation with the Independent, Murphy revealed that he smoked about 3000 cigarettes throughout the filming of Season 2. Murphy claimed, that at that age, people used to smoke a lot.
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Do they use real cigarettes in Peaky Blinders?

In a previous interview, Helen McCrory (who plays Aunt Polly in the film) revealed that they actually use herbal cigarettes. "They use herbal tobacco which has no nicotine and tastes horrible," the actress revealed to the Mirror. "They're the same type they smoke in theatre productions."
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How many packs of cigarettes did Thomas Shelby smoke?

Reportedly, Cillian Murphy's character Thomas Shelby who is also known as Tommy had smoked about 3000 cigarettes while filming the two seasons of the show.
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Does Tommy Shelby smoke real cigarettes?

Do the characters smoke real cigarettes? No, the actors do not smoke real cigarettes containing tobacco. Instead, the cast uses herbal cigarettes. The late Helen McCrory told the Mirror that the herbal cigarettes contain no nicotine and taste horrible.
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Thomas Shelby - Cigarette Counter (Peaky Blinders) Seasons 1-5



Why does Tommy Shelby smoke so much?

The simplest answer as to why everyone smokes so much in Peaky Blinders is that it's a sign of the times. It was not until the 1960s that the U.S. Surgeon General announced that smoking causes cancer. That's not to say that no one had an inkling of the negative effects of smoking in the years prior.
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What was in Tommy Shelby's mouth?

Their raid gains the attention of the other faction in London, the Jews, who invite him to a sit down. However, Thomas is set upon by Sabini and his thugs, who slice the inside of Thomas's mouth with the sharp end of a razor, while his sister Ada is also accosted.
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How many times did Tommy Shelby smoke in Peaky Blinders?

The cast, including Helen, who plays Polly Gray, and Cillian Murphy, who plays crime boss Thomas Shelby, are said to make their way through around 5,000 'cigarettes' during each series of the period drama.
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Do actors use real cigarettes?

Yes. Prop Cigarettes. These cigarettes look as real as a real cigarette, and so does the smoke that comes out of the mouth after a drag. It even burns like one.
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What is Tommy Shelby's haircut called?

Thomas Shelby's texturised crop is short on the back and sides of the head with a slightly longer length on top. Ask the barber: Ask for a "crop" but indicate you would like to have the fringe sweeping to the right or left and short around the back and sides with extra length left on top.
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Which cigarette does Tommy Shelby smoke?

Thomas Shelby, in Peaky Blinders, smokes Sweet Aftons. They are also the favoured brand of Gerhard Selb, the eponymous private investigator in the trilogy by Bernhard Schlink.
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What drug do they smoke in Peaky Blinders?

Tommy and others are seen smoking Opium throughout the series as a coping mechanism. Smoking, drinking and drunkeness are portrayed in many settings.
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What is Tommy Shelby smoking at night?

Thomas Shelby, aka Tommy, smokes brown opium at night in Seasons 1 and 2 to minimize the stress and symptoms of his PTSD from World War I. His symptoms and the habit of smoking opium get better when he marries Grace in Season 3 but worsen after Grace's death.
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Can smokers live a long life?

On average, smokers' life expectancy is 10 years less than non-smokers. The long-lived smokers are the exception and the researchers said that their findings suggest that they may be a "biologically distinct group" that is endowed with genetic variants that allow them to respond differently to exposure.
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Do actors drink real alcohol on set?

When you see actors drinking shots of whiskey, they are really drinking iced tea. Well, except for Johnny Deep, who, according to Butcher, while filming a scene for “Arizona Dream,” reportedly drank about 11 shots of Jack Daniels. For heroin, prop experts use mannitol, which is usually used to cut the real drug.
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What do actors drink instead of alcohol?

What Do Movies Use In Place of Alcohol?
  • Color dyes in flat or sparkling water for mixed drinks and cocktails.
  • Juice (cranberry, apple, pomegranate, blueberry, grape, blackcurrent) for wine.
  • Ginger ale or a mixture of sodas for champagne.
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What illness does Tommy Shelby have?

Following the X-Rays he was forced to take at the sanatorium where Ruby was treated and died, Tommy also gets a diagnosis. His lungs are clear of tuberculosis, but he has developed a tuberculoma.
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What words did Ruby say in Peaky Blinders?

Peaky Blinders returned with a bang last week as viewers saw Tommy Shelby set off to North America. However, the final scene left many viewers rather puzzled. Lizzie told Tommy their daughter, Ruby, had a fever dream and was repeating several Romani words - 'Tickna mora o'beng'.
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Why does Tommy say in the bleak midwinter?

When John died, Tommy reminded Arthur about that day in France and encouraged him not to grieve the loss of John, as he had died that day at the Battle of the Somme. The quote “In the Bleak Midwinter” symbolises their second chance at life coming to an end.
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What is Thomas Shelby smoking in Episode 1?

Treatment. Thomas Shelby and Danny Whizz-Bang's method for easing stress and symptoms involves the smoking of brown opium with a clay pipe. In the first episode, Thomas is seen lighting the opium and putting it to flame, then drawing from it.
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Are herbal cigarettes harmful?

In fact, herbal cigarettes are as harmful as tobacco cigarettes, because any vegetable matter that's burned produces tar, carbon monoxide, and other toxins. When you breathe in the smoke of an herbal cigarette, you're breathing those harmful toxins directly into your lungs.
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How old is Tommy Shelby?

Tommy was born in 1890 and so at the beginning of series five, the gangster is 39-years-old.
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What drugs is Tommy in Season 1?

While cocaine use is common among the characters, Tommy smokes brown opium at night in series one and two to minimize the stress and symptoms of his PTSD. Although his father Arthur Shelby (Paul Anderson) doesn't have any haunting dreams from the war, he finds himself triggered when he's provoked during a fight.
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What drugs is Tommy in Season 5?

Now in season five, fans have been watching him drink a small dose of opium at intervals to carry on with business as usual. But, this has resulted in Tommy having hallucinations of seeing his dead wife Grace Shelby (Annabelle Wallis) who was killed back in season three.
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What is Tommy Shelby drinking in the little bottle?

Charles Thorp, writing for Uproxx, has analyzed and broken down just how Tommy Shelby, played by none other than Irish man Cillian Murphy, and his crew make drinking whiskey look so good.
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