Anti-tobacco campaigns call to end smoking scenes in movies
They said that the call would assist in reducing the exposure of children to smoking in the country. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, the Executive Director of CAPPA, Mr. Akinbode Oluwafemi, said that though the stakeholders claim using smoking scenes to drive a point, such should be rated as adult movie. He said that movies and entertainment materials are veritable tools for the transfer of ideas and promotion of alternative lifestyles. “Youths are initiated into using tobacco products through advertising and subliminal promotion of smoking scenes in movies, music videos...
Source: dailytrust.com