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In MNT Gaiden, 34-year-old Raphael is a chain-smoker, though that's not an official continuity.



I can't think of another example off-hand, just that it's unlikely to be found in any of the official TV shows, films or the Archie continuity. There may be some Mirage or Image continuity examples I overlooked, though. I don't think he smoked in Bodycount, either&mdash;there was never much of a lull between gory scenes anyway.

I do recall that, in , where narrates, he mentions:

Generation X was very much a latchkey generation when they were younger, in that they often left home during the day and did a lot of things without adult supervision. (I'm from the tail end of that generation, so I remember that a lot.) And while youth drinking and smoking were generally frowned upon by their parents, it could happen anyway, though fewer teens smoke today than they did in the 1980s. This story is an interesting example of the Turtles being thought of as unusual for visiting an and not intending to drink or smoke, as would be the expected reason for them to be there.

Besides, at least when they were still teenagers and living with, I doubt Splinter would have approved, for the simple reason that smoking would be really bad for their stamina, among things. He raised and trained them to be elite ninja who could take care of themselves anywhere and everywhere, and that doesn't exactly describe teenage substance junkies. That said, they were still teenagers, so I imagine that if they already drank sometimes, it's not far fetched that they smoked once or twice.