celebrity smokers with young fanbases

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Am I the only one that is disgusted whenever I find out about a young (or older) star that has a fanbase made up of mostly kids, who is smoking and/or doing drugs? I'm sure people are gonna respond with stuff like "it's their lives, none of our business" but what with all the evidence out there about how these things destroy your body, you'd think that people who are supposed to be role models for the younger generation would have the intelligence to avoid tobacco and other drugs, but many of them don't.

For example, it's fairly well-known now that Lindsay Lohan is a smoker, and I just saw a picture in the National Enquirer of Mary Kate Olsen holding a pack of cigarettes and about to light one. And before that there was Britney Spears.

Does that turn you guys off from some of these people...or did you never like them to begin with? :p
 
I never liked them to begin with, and I like them less when I see them doing that. It's their lives; they can do what they want, but they DO influence kids.
 
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It's their lives; they can do what they want, but they DO influence kids.
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Exactly. And with the insane number of underage smokers where I live, they certainly don't need any extra peer pressure to start/keep up the habit.
 
I like to tease some of my regular customers at work and say they should quit smoking, and they readily (albeit with a sigh or an eye-roll) admit that they should.
 
I didn't know any of the people you mentioned smoke. Maybe others don't as well.
 
It is totally disgusting. Kids are so easily influenced, plus they have an amazing ability to find stuff out. People may think that they don't know if someone smokes, but they probably heard it on the playground durring recess, and it is going to influence them if they admire this person. I think that first of all, if the celebrity is smoking/doing drugs, etc, s/he should not be in movies for kids. Lohan smoking, possibly doing drugs, and then being in Herbie, which all these little kids go and see is just rediculous.
 
to be honest i don't think someone should have to worry about what they do in their personal life just because some kids might decide to copy them. I certainly know i didn't start smoking to copy celebrities.
blah blah blah, smoking is disgusting/life threatening etc. i totally get this. but what next? you gonna give out about celebrities who're really over weight?? that's disgusting and bad for your health too. you never know, maybe kids are just that stupid that if one of their favourite tv stars is morbidly obese they'll think it's alright for themselves to be too.
seriously, let people do what they want in their private life. is Lohan puffing away on screen? no. i know celebrities have huge influence on people but i don't think it's fair to blame them for everything that kids get up to.
 
Eh, I'm just sick of smoking being put on this evil pedestal while drinking is ignored. If they can drink without being harassed, let 'em smoke and do drugs. I'm more disgusted with people who are constantly getting drunk without ANYONE saying anything. There's a big thing about trying to remove cigarettes from movies because they might influence kids. That's great, but how many times do you turn on the TV and see some star talking about alcohol? Or having a beer?

The great thing is that you can do a storyline on TV about drug addiction, but you can't show cigarettes AT ALL. And you can have alcohol in every scene without anyone batting an eyelash.

When I see a celebrity smoking, I don't think anything of it. Yeah, they ARE influencing kids, but I'd rather see them smoking than drinking or doing drugs.
 
I don't think celebrities make good role models anyway, whether or not they smoke, drink, or do drugs.
 
I don't think too many people here would disagree Barb, but as for people in general, that may be another story.
 
MistyRocks made a couple of good points. She's right that celebrities should be able to do whatever they want in private. However, some kids will do anything that their favorite celebrity does, including imitating his/her bad habits. If you are going to live your life in the public eye, then you should at least be responsible enough to realize that others will want to do what you do.
 
Well, on one hand it is their life, but as you've all said, on the other, they need to be aware of the influential power that they possess. Meh. Another reason why I'd hate to be a celeb. I don't want to be accountable in any way, shape, or form for anyone but me.
 
Hey, smoking is cool, because it makes you look older and more mature!
 
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I don't see what's so attractive about sucking a smoking stick =X

Eh, never really like those celebrities much anyway, although I do like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears' songs. But that's it.

And Prozak's (WTF with the name =O !! ) comment is right. It does make you older, with all the nice and wrinkly skin and yellow teeth =D And you'll smell like something that died and got smoked, and cough so much which make people think your lung is about to pop out.

Wauw, me wants 2 b matour 2!!!1 =P
 
I am disgusted whenever I hear words like "smoking", "cigarrette", and "cigar".
No matter who it pertains to, smoking is just retarded. If you want to slowly kill yourself, don't hurt others while doing it. -_-
 
I can say I've NEVER smoked once in my life, and I am 19 years old.
If my peers in high school, especially junior high school at that, would've did the same...that would've been something!
 
I smoke weed!

<.<;;Im kidding...
Anyway, i hate smokeing, drinking and drugs.
My riligon forbids doing Drinking or to eat anything that is bad for health.
 
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