Dua Lipa take note – I gave up smoking in 15 minutes

The darling of the music industry, Dua Lipa, posted a sultry photo of herself in Deia, Mallorca, this week, sitting on the pavement in a sheer black lace dress - with a cigarette.

- CHARLOTTE CRIPPS

She shared it to her 87.9 million Instagram followers. “My lucky 22 that follows me everywhere,” she captioned the post, referring to the building behind her, with the number 22 on its door.

However, her fans - including me - have been far more focused on the cigarette between her fingers. One wrote: “Holiday ciggies don’t count.” Another said: “Don’t quit. Enjoy yourself. A cheeky cig every now and again is good for the soul. Nothing better than smoking a dart on the medieval streets of an old European city in summertime.”

But others showed concern, with a simple “don’t smoke” and “Please consider the health risks as I’m sure you know them. I lost my mother to cancer due to heavy smoking for years.” The pop star has tried to give up smoking in the past, but has always relapsed. Last year, she formally announced during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers that she’d kicked the habit for her Future Nostalgia Tour in 2022 - and had stuck to it.

But by August of the same year, it seemed she’d taken it up again, when she shared a photograph in which she was clutching a box of Malboro Gold. And in January this year, paparazzi photos emerged of her newly engaged with her fiance Callum Turner in Paris, smoking and cuddling by the Eiffel Tower.