Friday, January 17, 2014
If you tuned into the 2014 Golden Globes, you may have noticed that actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus puffing away on an e-cig during the opening monologue.
Apparently, Julia Louis-Dreyfus had ticked off some people by enjoying an electronic cigarette from the comfort of her seat at the Golden Globes. "You're killing the next generation of fans in your movies," Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said on the senate floor.
Lately, four senators: Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown and Edward J. Markey sent a letter to both NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association voicing that e-cigarettes should be subject to the same advertising and marketing rules that apply to cigarettes and that are designed to protect our children from the harms of tobacco use.
"The Golden Globes celebrates entertainers who are an influence on young fans," the four Democratic senators wrote on Tuesday. "We ask the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC Universal to take actions to ensure that future broadcasts of the Golden Globes do not intentionally feature images of e-cigarettes."
That seems ridiculous, they might as well slam all of the television programs showing people smoking tobacco cigarettes.
Source: Vaporvixxen
