Although in recent years smoking has become frowned upon, since it kills you (or whatever the doctors say), ashtrays have somewhat remained a symbol of high class. Cutting edge, modern ashtrays are still being designed by artists, while vintage ashtrays have become a collector's item, especially pieces from the '50s, '60s and '70s, when cigarettes were in their prime. Even if you don't smoke, an ashtray can be used as a decoration or a convenient holder for your thumb tacks.