Music Videos Showing People Smoking

Trollheart · 10-27-2012, 11:33 AM

It could also be an advertisting thing. After all, who supplies the cigarettes being smoked? And aren't they likely to want their product front and centre? Then you're into the whole issue of product placement...

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-27-2012, 11:59 AM

I'll raise your people having a smoke and include a video of a monkey having a smoke......

sopsych · 10-27-2012, 01:51 PM

A bad guy seems to smoke in this (although I'm not sure if that's a cigarette he's spitting out).

Warrant - Uncle Tom's Cabin - YouTube

As for why few music videos show smoking, I think there's one obvious reason: viewers are mostly teenagers, and networks wouldn't want to be accused of being advertising vehicles for cigarette companies trying to hook minors.

10-27-2012, 11:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	It could also be an advertisting thing. After all, who supplies the cigarettes being smoked? And aren't they likely to want their product front and centre? Then you're into the whole issue of product placement... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

10-27-2012, 11:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	I'll raise your people having a smoke and include a video of a monkey having a smoke...... __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

10-27-2012, 01:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	A bad guy seems to smoke in this (although I'm not sure if that's a cigarette he's spitting out). Warrant - Uncle Tom's Cabin - YouTube As for why few music videos show smoking, I think there's one obvious reason: viewers are mostly teenagers, and networks wouldn't want to be accused of being advertising vehicles for cigarette companies trying to hook minors.