The Clinton Administration recently took Hollywood to task for the rise in on-screen portrayals of smoking. What do you think about cigarettes and cinema?

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  If people see characters smoking in movies, it's only a matter of time before we start to see people smoking in real life.

  Sharon Wayne
  Speech Pathologist

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  I say, down with smoking, and up with gender- positive portrayals of anthropomorphic squirrels in animated musicals.

  Matt Reiderer
  Construction Worker

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  I started smoking at age 13 after seeing my Uncle Abe's glamorous portrayal of smoking in my Bar Mitzvah video.

  David Pinsky
  Orthodontist

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  Doesn't anyone know those are just prop cigarettes used in the movies?

  Chet Billups
  Systems Analyst

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  Hollywood needs a few more people like Kevin Costner, who in 1995's Waterworld took a rare, heroic stand against the evil Smokers.

  Adrienne Elson
  Guidance Counselor

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  Movies need to stop entertaining and start educating.

  Paul Dougan
  Realtor