Submitted on Wednesday 30th April 2014
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Increasing Trend for Gratuitous TV Smoking
As a nation we are slowly winning the war against smoking in public. Contrary to this success, in recent times it appears that vested interests have managed to inveigle more and more smoking scenes into our TV dramas (particularly the publicly funded public-service BBC). Most if not all of these scenes are not enhanced by the smoking shown so they should be omitted altogether so as not to glamourize the unhealthy habit to the young. The usual exclamation of its necessity is 'atmosphere' but as most viewers already do not smoke what 'atmosphere' do the programme makes intend to transfer to us in our smoke-free Sitting Rooms?
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a matter for the BBC to answer.
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