Proposal to ban smoking in French films ridiculed in France

A proposal that France should ban the cigarette from the silver screen has been met with widespread derision and mockery among the French.

French cinema is full of images of stars like Brigitte Bardot and Gerard Depardieu (see below) delivering cool lines with a cigarette perfectly poised in one hand.
But all that could be about to end if Senator Nadine Grelet-Certenais gets her way after she reignited the debate over whether smoking should be shown on the big screen [ . . . ]

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Michael Stevenson, aka Dai Bando, Johnny Foreigner, Monsieur Pas De Merde, is a blogger of French and British culture. His blogs "Pas De Merde" and "The Hobbledehoy" have been called "marvelous" by some, and "meh" by others.

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