Should smoking scenes in films be banned?

[MargaretR]

...and the vietnam war wouldn't have happened if John Wayne hadn't won World War 2

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by steeljack

in MY pc world it would be illegal for any pub or bar to serve a single malt whiskey with coca-cola .........in fact with anything but a dash of water

Well steeljack, my mate who I worked on the road with years ago was a scott, and each night we would end up on the single malt, I always used to put Island Spring in mine, at which my mate Jim did his tree, he used to say "good god John its taken a little scotsman 10 years to get the water out of that and your putting it back in again" He took his neat

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

public beheading is banned too
.... that puts the kybosh on all films about Henry VIII

Why Margarat

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

just had a look at the poll- theres always one.

Not me cashy, notme honest

[Less]

Originally Posted by garinda

I suppose 'love scenes' in films lead to unwanted pregnancies, and the spread of STDs.

Traditionally unwanted pregnancies caused in connection to films was because of the antics on the back row seats in the Cinema not because of what was on the screen!

[jambutty]

Another crackpot idea from a crackpot council and the Roy Castle charity.

I voted no but it is a qualified no. Meaning that if the film is about modern times where smoking in enclosed public spaces has been banned then the film should reflect this.

However re-classifying films made before the smoking ban came into force or about a period where smoking was not banned because an actor happens to be smoking is censorship gone mad. Bogey wouldn’t be Bogey without a fag in his mouth. Neither would Lauren Bacall.

John Wayne didn’t win WWII [email protected]. It was Audie Murphy and for real.

[Loz]

What a load of rubbish!
Even if they did ban it kids still see people everyday of their lives smoking and more often than not probably one of them will be a family member so it wouldn't have any impact.
P.C gone mad yet again i'm afraid!