November 20, 2017.
The Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn, has let it be known that she no longer wishes to see people who smoke in French films. A proposal that made people smile on social networks.
Should we ban smoking in movies?
“ I don’t understand the importance of cigarettes in French cinema », Declared the Minister of Health, in the Senate. According to her, tobacco is too present in the cinema. And to promise ” firm action As part of the next national tobacco reduction plan. This idea was also put forward by the PS senator of Sarthe Nadine Grelet-Certenais, who denounced a ” valuation »Of smoking in French cinema.
According to her, we should be interested “ cultural incentives to smoke “. And cinema is one of them. ” Solutions must be considered to conduct a real prevention policy taking into account this kind of backdoor advertising for tobacco consumption. “, She denounced in a statement broadcast on Public Senate. Young people would be particularly influenced by films and that would not encourage them to quit.
Do cigarettes in the cinema influence young people?
This proposal is not new. Already in 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendedban films in which characters could be seen smoking to those under the age of 18. Evin law prohibits “ any propaganda or advertising, direct or indirect, in favor of tobacco or tobacco products “. But it remains to be seen whether a film which shows a person smoking can be equated with an advertisement.
On Twitter, the reactions were not long in coming. ” So I guess it will also be forbidden in the movies to take drugs, to exceed speed limits, to cross outside the nails, and of course to kill. The thrillers will take a hit. They are completely crazy », Could one read for example on the account of La Tribune de l’Art. ” Furthermore, characters in French films will now have to eat 5 fruits and vegetables per day “, Laughed for his part the holder of the account Le Cinéma is dead.
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