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In Reply to: Re: Smoking in movies... posted by PdL on December 31, 2004 at 07:11:54:
My two-bits: let's portray real life in movies--smoking, drinking, sex, whatever.However, smoking today in movies involves too much fantasy, IMHO. Smoking has dramatically declined in the U.S. population over the past two decades and, it is hardly surprising that the U.S. Surgeon General now lists obesity as America's #1 health problem.
Has smoking ever been realistically portrayed in movies? Has any movie character developed emphysema, chronic bronchitis, chronic cough (in morning on awakening), hypertension, etc? How about a discussion of how expensive this habit is (a la the diner discussion of tipping at the beginning of Reservoir Dogs)?
For movies portraying contemporary times, I think it would be more accurate to have less smoking, depending of course on the populatoin, but I'm not sure that is happening.
I do resent Hollywood stars who make money by featuring their face on the front of cigar magazines (e.g., Alec Baldwin). Cigars, as well as cigarettes, present cancer risk along the entire run of the respiratory system--from lungs to mouth (not just cancers of the lung, but also of esophagus as well as mouth).
If Alex Baldwin and John Travolta want to smoke cigars, I have no problem with that. But don't advertise the fact on magazine covers.
townsend
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