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bob. · 10-27-2012, 04:18 PM

i feel it's pretty obvious that when posting videos from the 80s and early 90s you are going to find smoking

the reason why you don't see your precious idols hacking their lungs out in videos is actually because of this guy

Mr. Joe Camel

see in 1997 there was a lawsuit against R. J. Reynolds by a "concerned" lawyer....at the time there were polls that said that Joe Camel came second only to Mickey Mouse as "easily recognized" by six year old children....of course Reynolds denied that it was ever their intention to get young smokers hooks are their garbage product

ironically at the same time as this lawsuit was in litigation....congress was performing it's own investigation on RJ Reynolds....and after internal documents leaked to congress from with in the company stating that it was their sure intention to start attracting smokers at the age of 14

this ended with RJ Reynolds settling out of court (10 million to the state of CA) and removing all of their Joe Camel campaigns

i think that the aftermath of what happened in the mid 90s is simple....esp. since you are dealing with "popular" music....which is more about money than music....you can have smoking on you r album covers, videos etc etc....but less stores/channels are going to play these due to corporate sponsorship backing out of such things....tv networks could give two shits as to whether kids smoke or not....matter of fact they could make a killing on commercials for cigarettes...but i doubt very much that Sony or Disney what to be affiliated with tobacco in any way

on that here is a video that has been release in the last 10 years that depicts a pop star smoking

10-27-2012, 04:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i feel it's pretty obvious that when posting videos from the 80s and early 90s you are going to find smoking the reason why you don't see your precious idols hacking their lungs out in videos is actually because of this guy Mr. Joe Camel see in 1997 there was a lawsuit against R. J. Reynolds by a "concerned" lawyer....at the time there were polls that said that Joe Camel came second only to Mickey Mouse as "easily recognized" by six year old children....of course Reynolds denied that it was ever their intention to get young smokers hooks are their garbage product ironically at the same time as this lawsuit was in litigation....congress was performing it's own investigation on RJ Reynolds....and after internal documents leaked to congress from with in the company stating that it was their sure intention to start attracting smokers at the age of 14 this ended with RJ Reynolds settling out of court (10 million to the state of CA) and removing all of their Joe Camel campaigns i think that the aftermath of what happened in the mid 90s is simple....esp. since you are dealing with "popular" music....which is more about money than music....you can have smoking on you r album covers, videos etc etc....but less stores/channels are going to play these due to corporate sponsorship backing out of such things....tv networks could give two shits as to whether kids smoke or not....matter of fact they could make a killing on commercials for cigarettes...but i doubt very much that Sony or Disney what to be affiliated with tobacco in any way on that here is a video that has been release in the last 10 years that depicts a pop star smoking __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.