Cigarettes Will Kill You

"Cigarettes Will Kill You"
Single by Ben Lee
from the album Breathing Tornados
Released	1998
Format	CD
Genre	Alternative
Length	3:48
Label	Modular Recordings (Australia) Grand Royal (USA)
Producer	Ed Buller
Ben Lee singles chronology
"Career Choice" (1997) "Cigarettes Will Kill You" (1998) "Ship My Body Home" (1998)

"Cigarettes Will Kill You" is a single by Australian pop rock musician Ben Lee. It is from the album Breathing Tornados. It was voted number 2 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 and reached number 46 on the Australian singles chart.

During the 24 April 2006 concert at Irving Plaza in New York City, Lee described how he came up with the title for the track. He recalled that he had been listening to The Verve who have a song called "The Drugs Don't Work". He was so impressed with the title of the song, that he decided to name his song with a similarly catchy title. The name is also a metaphor for continuing to go back to a bad relationship even though you know it will end badly and you'll end up getting hurt, compared to everyone knowing cigarettes can cause health problems but many people continuing to smoke them anyway.

The song was featured in the 2002 Australian comedy Crackerjack.

Track listings

Australian CD single

1. "Cigarettes Will Kill You"
2. "Girls Talk" (Elvis Costello)
3. "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" (Bob Dylan)

US CD single

1. "Cigarettes Will Kill You"
2. "Girls Talk" (Elvis Costello)
3. "How to Survive a Broken Heart"

External links

• Lyrics