totalfilm.com came into the office this morning to find about half the world had given up tabs over the holiday period.

Some of us gave up for the New Year. Others stopped after falling ill before Christmas and never went back. A few just decided to jump on the bandwagon today and chucked their packs out of the window in a gesture of union.

Naturally, the office is hardly a relaxed environment at the moment. We’re all very irritable, and there’s a fair bet at least one of us won’t get through today alive.

We’re also very aware that movie watching is going to be a selective process for a while. Most of our favourite films feature cigarettes, and quite a few actively promote them as the epitome of iconic. Hell, that’s why we started in the first place.

So if you’ve given up for the New Year, or fancy joining totalfilm.com in quitting, here’s seven movies we recommend you avoid.

Wild at Heart

David Lynch is renowned for being a smoker (among many things) and has even reconvened interviews just so he can get through a pack of cigarettes in a twenty minute window. Unsurprisingly most of his films feature are pro-smoking, but none more so than Wild at Heart. It’s essentially a Marlboro ad through the eyes of the creator of Eraserhead.

Why it makes us want to smoke? Because there’s something very attractive at Sailor’s nonchalant attitude towards cancer. “When did you start smoking, Sail'?”, “I started when I was about four… My mom was already dead then from lung cancer.” “What brand did she smoke?” “Marlboros, same as me.”

The Exorcist

In the post-Nixon, post-Watergate era, it’s not surprising that everyone seemed to be smoking. Marry that up with the gritty story of a girl being possessed by the devil and it’s no wonder that all the characters in the flick needs a shot of nicotine every other scene.

Why it makes us want to smoke? Because after about an hour of watching every character poison their lungs with smoke, Ellen Burstyn takes Regan to the hospital and chats to a doctor about her problems, who promptly lights up. Let’s just make this clear. Even the doctor smokes. If things are that bleak, we might as well join him.