No, Pope Francis does not smoke.
Pope Benedict XVI did not smoke.
The smoke comes from burning the ballots in a stove in the Sistine Chapel.
The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI.
The current Pope Francis is from Argentina.
Pope Francis is the reigning pope in 2013.
Each new pope is elected by a conclave of cardinals held in Vatican City. The meeting place is often fitted with a chimney from which smoke is emitted, ostensibly by the burning of ballots. A ballot that elects a pope will be marked by white smoke from the chimney, with official announcements made a few hours later.
Pope Benedict XVI is the current pope.
Black or white. Black indicates no poe was elected with the current ballot and white indicates a new pope has been chosen.
The current pope is Pope Francis and his birth name was Jorge.
White smoke means a new pope has been elected.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe smoke is from a small wood burning stove in the Sistine chapel. If the ballets to elect a new pope are incinclusive they are burned with wet straw and the smoke is black, if they are from a successful election of a new pope, they are burned alone and the smoke is white. There is no smoke when a pope dies, it is strictly for the election of a new pope.