Showing smoking on reality shows

Benry_GaleBenry_Gale Posts: 1,226
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Is this a choice by the producers or is there some sort of rule about showing smoking in reality shows? I've just noticed of all the reality shows my wife forces me to sit through, not one person seems to smoke?

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  • Sandgrounder1Sandgrounder1 Posts: 753
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    I noticed on I'm a Celebrity... Jake was shown smoking a couple of times. For some reason it jarred and seemed strangely shocking; maybe because he's so young and it always amazes me that anybody would consciously take up smoking nowadays.
  • MaxatoriaMaxatoria Posts: 17,980
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    Theres a modern view not to show smoking at all if possible as it may encourage the wee kiddy winks to take it up, its a bit why we don't have all the sponsorships for sporting events with **** brands on them these days and theres a move to have anything that has somking in it to be considered as if its rated 18
  • Teddybear99Teddybear99 Posts: 6,077
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    Benry_Gale wrote: »
    Is this a choice by the producers or is there some sort of rule about showing smoking in reality shows? I've just noticed of all the reality shows my wife forces me to sit through, not one person seems to smoke?

    Big Brother has loads of people smoking.
  • walterwhitewalterwhite Posts: 56,564
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    I noticed on I'm a Celebrity... Jake was shown smoking a couple of times. For some reason it jarred and seemed strangely shocking; maybe because he's so young and it always amazes me that anybody would consciously take up smoking nowadays.

    Does it amaze you that people take up drinking and eating red meat?
  • BunionsBunions Posts: 14,995
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    Does it amaze you that people take up drinking and eating red meat?
    I don't think that they're very sensible comparisons.

    There are known health benefits to drinking red wine in moderation and eating small quantities of red meat occasionally.

    There are no health benefits to smoking cigarettes & tobacco.
  • Benry_GaleBenry_Gale Posts: 1,226
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    Big Brother has loads of people smoking.

    Big brother is 'live', or at best, unscripted, so they can't really control it; i meant more in shows like Towie where they script each scene, nobody in any of the outdoors scenes ever seems to smoke, yet in papers and magazines they're always there **** in hand. It just seemed odd to me.
  • lundavralundavra Posts: 31,790
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    Benry_Gale wrote: »
    Big brother is 'live', or at best, unscripted, so they can't really control it; i meant more in shows like Towie where they script each scene, nobody in any of the outdoors scenes ever seems to smoke, yet in papers and magazines they're always there **** in hand. It just seemed odd to me.

    I would have thought that the legality must be doubtful on a programme like Big Brother, it is a place of work.
  • starrystarry Posts: 12,434
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    Benry_Gale wrote: »
    Big brother is 'live', or at best, unscripted, so they can't really control it

    Eh? They can ban people bringing in cigarettes, that would control it just fine.
  • lealeedslealeeds Posts: 2,283
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    It would be good to have a smoker free BB or CBB
  • walterwhitewalterwhite Posts: 56,564
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    lundavra wrote: »
    I would have thought that the legality must be doubtful on a programme like Big Brother, it is a place of work.

    It's also their home while they are there. You can smoke in hotel rooms so why not there.
  • lundavralundavra Posts: 31,790
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    It's also their home while they are there. You can smoke in hotel rooms so why not there.

    It is a TV studio where they are paid to appear and numerous staff of the production company are working. It is allowed in dramas but I think there are restrictions even there.

    Can you smoke in hotel rooms? I understood it was banned by law and most large hotel chains will bill you for the time they have to take the room out of use (which could be several days) and the cost of a specialist deep cleaning of the room by a contractor. Usually comes to several hundred pounds.
  • linmiclinmic Posts: 13,425
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    It's also their home while they are there. You can smoke in hotel rooms so why not there.

    There aren't many hotels that allow smoking these days. Most of them have a little corner tucked away outside for smokers.
  • EvieJEvieJ Posts: 5,964
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    starry wrote: »
    Eh? They can ban people bringing in cigarettes, that would control it just fine.

    :o:o Human rights issue surely?
    lealeeds wrote: »
    It would be good to have a smoker free BB or CBB

    Make it interesting...... Day 8 9 am, most of the housemates are still asleep but X is throttling Y in the kitchen. ;-)
  • Joe_ZelJoe_Zel Posts: 20,832
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    It's also their home while they are there. You can smoke in hotel rooms so why not there.

    You can smoke in BB. They just have a designated smoking area outside.
  • lundavralundavra Posts: 31,790
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    linmic wrote: »
    There aren't many hotels that allow smoking these days. Most of them have a little corner tucked away outside for smokers.

    They have to be clearly marked as smoking rooms and cannot be used for non-smokers. I think they require ventilation because hotel staff will have to go into the rooms. Just not worth the effort on the part of the hotelier and the risk of having an empty room that they cannot let out to a non-smoker.
  • walterwhitewalterwhite Posts: 56,564
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    lundavra wrote: »
    It is a TV studio where they are paid to appear and numerous staff of the production company are working. It is allowed in dramas but I think there are restrictions even there.

    Can you smoke in hotel rooms? I understood it was banned by law and most large hotel chains will bill you for the time they have to take the room out of use (which could be several days) and the cost of a specialist deep cleaning of the room by a contractor. Usually comes to several hundred pounds.

    You can smoke in hotel rooms if the hotel allow it.
  • walterwhitewalterwhite Posts: 56,564
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    linmic wrote: »
    There aren't many hotels that allow smoking these days. Most of them have a little corner tucked away outside for smokers.

    No there aren't many, but that's the hotel rules not the law.
  • lundavralundavra Posts: 31,790
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    You can smoke in hotel rooms if the hotel allow it.

    They have to designate that room as a smoking room, it has to have adequate ventilation and cannot be used as a non-smoking room. It also means that the room gets dirtier than other rooms along with the fire risk so most hotels seem to not bother.
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