Comments on: Hollywood, smoking, movies, teens

By: Smoky Bloky

Smoky Bloky — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:53:23 +0000

In the UK it is now illegal to smoke indoors unless it’s a private home.

So presumably all smoking scenes for UK films will have to be filmed on location. The further away the better, IMHO

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 14 May 2007 03:10:09 +0000

I am one of those unlucky people who is allergic to cigarrete/cigar smoke. No not the pansy “oh it makes my nose itchy” pseudo-allergic, but full blown “AHG FUCK, MY EYES ARE BLEEDING!!!” allergic. How this happened is a long story, so don’t ask, but statistically more and more people are developing this kind of allergy as a direct result of the prevelance of carcinogen-filled chemically altered tobacco’s popular use over the decades.

As a direct result there are many places I cannot go, since persistent smoke haze can cause me extreme discomfort and even hospitalization if I stay in the area too long. One of those places are movie theatres, thanks to the inevitable horde of people smoking outside the entrance (and the smoke drifitn inside, to be captured and retained in the upholstry and wallpaper).

And if **I** think these new “rules” are just more MPAA gestapo BULLSHIT, then something is seriously wrong with people who are happy to go along with it!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 12 May 2007 14:24:34 +0000

As quoted above ….(Three out of four movies (74%) studied contained smoking)…..when I went to school 3 out of 4 added up to 75% …….I challange anybody in the world…using the above statement to …show me how 74% can be achived……………if figures are used to get 74% then the statement 3 out of 4 is wrong…….or would it be ok if a million 10-14 year olds saw this and thought it to be ok to pay 74% for something that was on sale for 25% off. Seems to me the Dartmouth Medical School pediatrician researchers add like the MPAA.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 12 May 2007 13:33:49 +0000

What a CROCK OF SHIT

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 12 May 2007 05:52:22 +0000

I’m not a fan of companies who exploit other people’s lack of will power, but these attacks on smoking are just becoming too numerous lately. I’m honestly surprised that tobacco hasn’t been made illegal yet. Some people are impressionable, and some aren’t. If the movies glamorized people leaping off of tall buildings to their death, do you honestly expect to see a signifigant amount of moviewatchers doing it too?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:35:00 +0000

he is my idol and i wanted to be just like him