One little overlooked factoid, back in the heyday of Hollywood, unfiltered Lucky Strikes used to be considered a food group.
Has nothing to do with the vocal tone:
I've never smoked, but neither has my voice ever been confused with that of a female.
The tonality of your voice IS something you can change, within a range, and it's apparent that the denigration of the American male has had the effect of making males afraid to sound like men.
Note the distinction I make between "male" and "man."
To use a foreign example, the current actor portraying James Bond (and rather forgettably, too, or I'd be able to think of his name!) is male;
Sean Connery, OTOH, is a man.
Heck...Luckys were included with C Rats back in WW2.
I enjoy Camels Non Filters...and I am 46....
True. But, it's not just the cigarette voice of Don Imus, Peter Jennings, Tom Borkaw or the wiskey voice of some country singers... It's that when you talk to one on the phone they have a woman's 'lilt'? (or lisp) that sounds like those fashion designer / gay fashion critic guys guys on TV.