I'm torn on this.
On the one hand, I'm usually adverse to the "what about the children" rhetoric you see from politicians these days. The mere fact that Hillary is the grand dame of this movement tells all.
On the other hand, as an ex-smoker, I can say that there were always three impetuses for me to light up: 1) After a meal 2) Having a cup of coffee and 3) Seeing a TV/Movie character light up. It's hard to describe, the effect that that could have on me, a grown adult, but it worked.
I would have to come down on the side that it's the producers' decision if they want to show smoking on screen, but nevertheless I feel very strongly that smoking is one of the most horrible, useless, and damaging "habits" in history.
"It's better for it to come from other kids," said a ninth-grader who doesn't smoke. "You don't want stupid videos about like peer pressure and stuff. You just need something that's not fake."
Who then went home and put on her Ashley Simpson cd as she read her copy of Vogue and put on her five inch heels and fake nails
If I read this aright, they all became smokers??? I don't believe that.
I quite a long time ago - so long ago, the smoke is at worst an irritant. I'm really happy to have non-smoking sections in restaurants (sections where the smoke doesn't even creep in, unlike the poorly-designed ventilation in some places), but frankly the extreme prohibitions coming down lately disturb me a lot, for all that I "enjoy" the results. (A beloved relative is such a heavy smoker that even midwinter we close the vents, open the windows and block the doorway space -- only to get gassed in the morning anyway.)
We're selling our rights down the river in this country, for all sorts of stupid causes, and if there is ever a "Smokers' Rights" organization formed I might just sign up -- I may not especially like the exercise of this right (unless it's kept downwind), but if the line isn't drawn here it will have to be drawn somewhere else.
Or maybe we go with the flow, once we have total control, and make liberalism a capital crime. (Don't want to go there either -- got too many friends on the left.)
Well so they emulate just the smoking? Why didnt they ask em about the drinking and the whoring?
What does that have to do with any of the arguments FReepers make against the government telling grown men and women what they can and cannot do for their own pleasure?
Nanny State Ping.
The bigger questions should be why are girls this age watching these type programs and, even moreso, why are these busybodies asking them about it to begin with?
Oh BTW - this "study" had just how many people in it??????????
What a joke you are.
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That's about the extent of your posting abilities.
Loser.
"I post this to counter the endless stream of smoke-blowing that stains the many just causes worthy of free republic posters."
Now, not only do you want to control what legal consumables individuals consume, you also want to preach to others about what subjects they regularly participate in on a private discussion forum.
Yep, it is all about control with you.....Thanks for finally admitting it.
"When you smoke, guys think you stink."
"Getting too much attention from guys? Just light up."
"Cigarettes make your teeth match your summer tan."
Since teens have no interest in good health or future cancer risk as weighed against the coolness factor, you've got to go after the vanity aspects. ;)
I hope they don't see "Weeds" on Showtime.
I started smoking at age 14 when I saw Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate.
I don't remember why, but I think it was because it made him look introspective and dark.