Smoking fetishism ("capnolagnia") is a sexual fetish consisting of the smoking of tobacco and/or marijuana.[citation needed] Sexual fetishism is the attribution of attractive sexual qualities to non-living objects as an overwhelming alternative to the sexuality of a man or a woman, or as an enhancing element to a relationship. ... Shredded tobacco leaf for pipe smoking Tobacco can also be pressed into plugs and sliced into flakes Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in genus Nicotiana. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...
Some of the earlier news groups that catered to the fetish were alt.smokers.glamour (ASG) and alt.sex.fetish.smokers (ASFS).[citation needed]Smoke Signals is a magazine oriented towards the fetish.[citation needed] Smoke Signals, first published in 1994, is a print and online magazine devoted to smoking fetishism. ...
The smokingfetish appears to be rare enough that its existence went largely unnoticed until the advent of the Internet, when fetishists began to meet online, trading pictures of smoking women, short stories, and reporting sightings or simply discussing their fascination on open forums.
Some clothing materials are fetishized by a small number of people, perhaps on the basis that the material forms a "second skin" that acts as a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin.
Similarly, 'fetish' is often used as a synonym for BDSM, whether or not it involves a fetish in the technical sense.