Capnolagnia | The Sexy Seduction of Smoking Fetishism

If watching another person light a cigarette or cigar and exhaling the smoke turns you on, then perhaps you have a smoking fetish (or capnolagnia, to give it the official name). Read on to find out more about the kinky appeal of smoking. 

From the bad-attitude, rebel connotations of smoking, to the iconic images of rock and film stars with a cigarette in their mouth – those whose first memories of sexual excitement centered on the image of an actor or performer having a smoke may find themselves slightly thwarted by the diminishing possibilities of witnessing another person lighting up wherever they happen to be. 

The fact that smoking is met with far more disapproval than it used to may have changed either the gratification obtainable from the fetish or the smoking fetish itself. However, given that smoking is something you do with your lips, mouth, and breathing, it certainly has a sense of oral gratification for smoking fetishists. 
 

The erotic pleasure of capnolagnia

When it comes to the pleasure derived from capnolagnia, the sight of a smoker engaging in all the little rituals (taking out the cigarette, flipping the top of the Zippo or gracefully striking a match) can stir arousal – as well as lipstick stains on a filter and props such as cigarette cases or cigarette holders poised between satin-gloved fingers.

For others, the erotic pleasure of capnolagnia will only come from such bit-of-rough tricks as striking a non-safety match on the zip of one’s jeans, tossing the cigarette up in the air and catching it in the mouth, or just smoking somewhere you shouldn’t be smoking.


Kinky capnolagnia: smokin' hot!

One trope, which may have contributed to many a smoking fetish, is the post-coital cigarette, which used to be a way of indicating that sex had taken place in films, cartoons or other imagery. The is probably incomprehensible to people who only reached adulthood when smoking was being banned in many places and, allegedly, diminishing in popularity all over the place.

Some smoking fetishists get excited over the old-school seduction move of putting two cigarettes in the mouth, lighting them simultaneously and handing one to the person you’re trying to pull – this pushes all those buttons for control, corruption, knowing what you want before you even admitted it and making you squirm with anticipation.   
 

“Given that smoking is something you do with your lips, mouth, and breathing, it certainly has a sense of oral gratification for smoking fetishists.”

Then again, the modern phenomenon of the smokers’ zone outside any party or club being a good place to hook up has its uses as well: it’s not unheard of for people to wander into this space without any apparent interest in tobacco, but purely because they believe the most interesting conversations are possible away from the main event. Or because they have a smoking fetish. 

It may be the case that capnolagnia will gradually diminish over time, as the habit which inspires it becomes more and more challenging to keep up, but who knows? It can’t be that long until the first sightings of vape porn (if such a thing doesn’t already exist). 
 

Smoking fetish: possible health risks

Some kinks could be considered an immediate health hazard if you do them wrong (you only get one go at fucking up erotic asphyxiation, for example). Others, like capnolagnia, are more in the realm of ‘not very good for you but hot anyway.’

Of course, if your own personal smoking fetish consists of liking to watch someone else smoke – a cigarette, a cigar, a pipe – then that’s possibly no more dangerous than general aspects of modern living when a person is not only exposed to burning tobacco now and again but also car exhausts, cleaning products and the allegedly carcinogenic properties of a bacon sandwich. 


Blow by blow: do you have a smoking fetish?

However, if your capnolagnia is the type that involves extra jollies from acting as a human ashtray, the risks to your health are going to increase, to an extent.  

Nicotine is a pretty toxic substance, so ingesting it will not do you a lot of good. If your particular smoking fetish is having someone flick ash into your mouth, or you’d love them to order you to swallow Master or Mistress’ butt ends, be aware of the risks, which are greater than if they just wanted to piss up your arse as an expression of their dominance. 

Nicotine poisoning may not be that likely if you take and consume the ash from a single tab, but it’s as well to be aware of the potential nasty outcomes of doing this, and how to reduce the risk of experiencing them. •

Do you have a smoking fetish?  What is it about capnolagnia that turn you on? Share your smoking fetish stories in the Fetish.com forum.


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