According to Casa Amor stars, Josh Le Gove and Coco Lodge who spoke to The Sun, the only islander to be a smoker this series was none other than winner Davide Sanclimenti.
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Love Island's rules on smoking
The Italian hunk, who owns an electronic shisha company, was said to step out of the villa from time to time by himself to enjoy a cigarette break. As of 2019, Love Island producers decided to prohibit contestants from smoking on camera in an attempt to discourage the normalisation of social smoking.
Since, islanders that smoke have been given a designated area. Becky Hill, who performed on the show this year, expressed having found the smoking rules to be strange. She said:
Well if anybody wants a cigarette they have to go out one by one to this tree outside with a bucket and smoke on their own.
And added:
I was like: ‘Wow, really?’ That was a funny little fact that I thought was quite interesting. Obviously the producers don’t want to miss any filming and they’re not allowed to be filmed smoking and not really drinking so I found that quite amusing.
Strict procedures to follow
Past islanders also chimed in to give further details as to how smoking was dealt with in their respective series. Sharon Gafka shared that:
If you wanted a cigarette you would have to say into your microphone 'I really want to go for a cigarette'.
And added:
They'd say, 'OK, we'll get someone from production to supervise you and it'll take place outside the front door somewhere'.You would go there, you would have your cigarette and then you'd go straight back in. You wouldn't be on your own, it would be you and a member of production.
While Laura Anderson, who appeared on the show's fourth series further revealed that quantities were rationed. She explained:
5 for social smokers, 10 if daily smoker. It might have changed. When you finish that’s it.
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