Deegan Penner
Editor and writer who reported on the return of smoking by interviewing young entertainment workers in Los Angeles, contributing a feature to The Ankler.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 31min
No Jobs, No Ladder, No Relief — Except, For Some, a Cigarette
Deegan Penner, editor and writer who reported on smoking’s return by interviewing young L.A. entertainment workers. He recounts club-hopping research and why cigarettes function as social currency. Conversation touches on stress and long hours, smoking as counterculture and aesthetic, and how Los Angeles conditions amplified the trend.
