December 16, 1996
Letter #1

Did you see the 60 Minute program two weeks ago?  It showed how the six

major film studios (including Disney) are glamorizing smoking.  Even

worse they openly admit they are doing it, and they realize it will

hook children because many children's role models are are being

potrayed as "cool rebels" by smoking. I think there is something that

can be done about it that will stop these hypocrites from making

cigaretts and cigars look cool. (These are the same Hollywood types who

protest against using animals for medical research and who speek out

loudly for more government spending on AIDS). Yet they produce and act

in such film as Independence Day, Chrimson Tide, etc. that galmorize an

act that kills over 400,000 people in the US alone each year, eight

times as many as were killed in Vietnam in 10 years.



I am talking about non-violent protest in movie theaters.  Do you know

any organization that has may be interested in such an approach?



Regards, Jim

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