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On screen smoking has been a real hot issue
and cause of concern in various anti-smoking drives. Even governments in
some countries have taken notice of it and have issued censorship over
unwanted smoking scenes in movies. However, these prohibitions are
loosely regulated.
On screen tobacco
consumption greatly affects the vulnerable adolescent age group.
Adolescent folks carry a blind fascination for their favorite stars. If
they find their stars smoking on screen, they are most likely to catch
up the influence and acquire the habit. And those who don't start
smoking may soften their stand on smoking. With this perceptional
change, they are likely to become future smokers.
Although film
makers argue that they need creative freedom to actualize their needed
sequence, they must be discouraged to introduce smoking scenes in their
flicks. They must ponder over their responsibility of being the agenda
setters for the society and the immense appeal enjoyed by the stars over
masses. Setting a bad example for the society is of course not the
objective of the cinema.
Immature citizens are more likely to
fall prey to these visualizations. Parent's guide reveals that around
sixty thousand kids in America acquire this habit just by seeing their
favorite star smoke, on screen.
If you fall in the same lot then
its high time you must realize that, your temptation to smoke after
seeing stars doing the same on screen is nothing but harmful prospect.
Reel life is different from real life and it's better if you realize the
same!
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