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Old 03-10-2006, 05:23 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I think you guys are dangerously delusional in saying "Smoking on film/TV doesn't affect youngsters."
I think it can, but I think parents and friends are more influential when it comes to smoking.

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So - youACTUALLY believe that kids aren't affected by what the see in popular culture, and what is invariably made out to be "cool"?
Sure they are, but we’re talking about cigarettes here. Most people that I know who started smoking did so because of friends and their environment. Not those Kool ads in magazines or films.

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Man, you guys must seriously forget the influence of movies on kids.
It is simply a FACT (I'm sure there's many many many studies which bear this out) that kids are influenced by mainstream media.
Again, you’re right that kids are affected by the media, but I’m not sure how much of that is smoking in films.

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