- Most Adults Blame Movies for Teenage Smoking
A new study indicates that 81 percent of adults believe that watching actors smoke in movies encourages teenagers in the audience to smoke. The study, conducted by Mississippi State University's Social Science Research Center for the American Medical Association, also reported that 70 percent of adults believe that films showing smoking should automatically be required to display an R rating. -
You will be hard pressed to find someone more anti-smoking than me. At the same time, I think those stats, particularly the 70% one, are flat out crap. I hate smoking more than, conservatively, 50% of the population does. And I think the idea of making a movie R because it shows someone smoking is ridiculous. They either asked the wrong 10 people or asked some seriously loaded questions.
Come on, Mississippi, do people not make fun of you enough for being stupid? Don't make them right.
You will be hard pressed to find someone more anti-smoking than me. At the same time, I think those stats, particularly the 70% one, are flat out crap. I hate smoking more than, conservatively, 50% of the population does. And I think the idea of making a movie R because it shows someone smoking is ridiculous. They either asked the wrong 10 people or asked some seriously loaded questions.
Come on, Mississippi, do people not make fun of you enough for being stupid? Don't make them right.
1 comment:
Does the R rating really mean anything anyway? Every aspect of this poll is stupid.
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