Rejected petition Increasing Trend for Gratuitous TV Smoking

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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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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is a matter for the BBC to answer.

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Date submitted 30 April 2014
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