7.10.08

Can smoking in Movies have effect on children and teenagers?




I have heard about topic once before in high school. Well i never really look into the topic but now I'm interested. When we watched the film today in class called "Good Night, and Good Luck", i couldn't help but noticed how mostly everyone in the film had a cigarette. Well i really don't mind people smoking but i was wondering how this effects children or teenagers who watch it. Or even other movies that have lots of smoking in it.....
Well i did more research on the topic and this is what i found on the topic of....children and teenagers.......
After i read these articles, i wasn't really surprised because children and teenagers are influenced be smoking on movies or television or magazines and all other kinds of media. What they see in the media today, they think its cool or that is what they should be doing to fit in the crowd or something like that.. But really what they are seeing is a bad influence and honestly i don't about smoking on movies or television because its always going to be there.....
i don't know..... what do u guys think?

1 comment:

Jordan Willis said...

I totally believe smoking in movies have an effect on children and teenagers. I say this because it had an effect in my life. After watching numerous movies where the protagonest is just chilling with a cigarrett in hand I couldn't help but think it was the cool thing to do. I couldn't have been much older than seven when I was playing out the actions of smoking a cigarrett. It's sad I know but I was little and thought it was the cool thing to do.