Smoking In The Movies

Montage of film clips featuring popular actresses smoking cigarettes in recent film roles. Reveals how cigarette companies target teens through film. Second place winner in Reel Teens 2006 competition.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• smoking
• movie
• video
• reel
• teen
• reality
• check
• rob
• frenay

[bruyantoui]

Erm so none of these examples are from the past 5 years (post-2005) and most are from the late nineties. A lot has changed since 1997 (13 years ago) so how about you show some contemporary examples before claiming this to be a contemporary problem.

[pzadvance]

@bruyantoui video was made in '06 dawg as clearly stated in the info and it was pretty awful anyway im not really sure why it's still up and very unsure as to why it's still accruing comments

[unstoppablepacific]

Oh yeah, and thirdly... how do you infer that tobacco companies are behind the smoking in movies? Any evidence? Didn't think so. I understand smoking is bad, but let's not just make stuff up when we attack it.

[pzadvance]

And this: "Tobacco companies know how influential the media can be. That's why [they] have paid movie producers 100s of 1000s of dollars to promote cigarettes in the movies - it's called product placement. Tobacco companies paid to have the movie's stars smoke their brand of cigarettes on screen...

[Jonatheng]

So what?

Good movies are a reflection of real life, people in real life smoke. The days when people didn't know about the health effects of smoking are over. Have some fucking personal accountability

Also, the whole 52% of kids "fact" is the biggest load of crap.

[ThraigMovies]

Smoking is a way of life for approximately 33% of over 16s. To protray the world as a non smoking place is not realistic.

Besides, if you put a blanket ban on all smoking in movies, how can anyone do a film about the dangers of smoking tobacco or other substances?

[amayagab]

Can't say I agree with some of these. Frida was a heavy smoker in real life, to not show her smoking would have been insulting.

[jtking2504]

@Jonatheng, if it was simply an issue of whether people 'know about the health effects of smoking' then why is advertising it banned? Because it promotes a harmful product, especially to young, impressionable people as being something cool, when in fact, it is simply a harmful substance that will lead many to a cancer ward, chemo treatment and an early grave. You rarely if ever see that reality in these movies.

Film companies are being funded by tobacco for 'product placement'

[TheHahacienda]

thats really dangrous

[Wizarrdd]

If weed was legalized I'd give up tobacco.

[Mamaluvsmambo]

If you think smoking in movies is the most harmful things for teens today, I have a bridge in Kansas I want to sell you...........

[nicoleakalilqueenie]

@Graymalkin2001 ---> Well said!

[nicoleakalilqueenie]

Bette Davis made smoking look cool! ;)

[needles1987]

I hate that they took out smoking in movies. Especially in period pieces. It takes out the nostalgia.