GLAMOROUS REPRESENTATIONS OF A BAD HABIT: (Clockwise from top) potrait by Van Leo of a cabaret entertainer taken in 1945; actress Jala Fahmy puffing away in Kalam Al-Leil; Van Leo portrait of Omar El-Sherif in 1950; Mafia poster; tough guy Hamdy Ahmed sports a cigar (sources: Van Leo: Portriats of Glamour, AUC Press and Al-Ahram Archives)