Originally Posted by
quinner
WHAT?! So we should ban TV and all other methods of media while we are at it. If you seriously think seeing a golfer on TVsmoking is going to cause your kids to start smoking you need to re-evaluate how you are raising your kids. Kids are influenced more by the friends they hang out with than the golfer they see for 20 minutes smoking. I grew up in a family where both of my parents smoked, aunts, uncles and cousins as well as my grandmother, one of my grandfathers and my sister...and to this day I have yet to have one. IMO if this is spoiling your plans on convincing your kid not to get into smoking, you should reconsider your approach.
As you can tell I personally don't see the big deal. There are other things in this world that are much worst that kids are exposed to everyday of their life. I don't approve of smoking but I think people are making to big of a deal out of this....