Response to Frances Reddall's smoking blog

After watching the film Gilda also at university I do agree with your point that smoking looks glamourous and sexy within the film. To someone easily influenced this could be enough to begin smoking. I also agree with your points about the times changing now and how more is known about the danger of cigarettes and more is done to promote the health warnings. However, rather than it being media influencing people to start smoking I believe in todays society it is peer pressure that is the main cause of someone taking up smoking, especially in the younger generation. This trend could ultimately stem from the promotion of films such as Gilda but I guess we'll never know fully why some people take up the decision to smoke.