I don't think so. He drank laudnum and a whiskey at the end but no tobacco that I remember.
The Shootist
Yes
John Wayne's final film was the 1976 picture "The Shootist".
The Shootist
the shootist
Laudanum.
John Wayne's last film, The Shootist, was released August 20th, 1976
Laudanum in the Shootist
John Bernard Books.
The Shootist
Wayne's character was John Bernard Books, or JB Books. Wayne's last film, The Shootist was released in 1976, and was somewhat prophetic. Books was dying of cancer as did Wayne three years later.
The Shootist was John Wayne's final film. It was released in 1976 and costarred Lauren Becall, Ron Howard and Jimmy Stewart.