The ordinarily holier than thou Beyonce is a silly billy. She is currently advertising her tour in Australia and in the poster she is pictured holding a cigarette in a long old-fashioned holder (see above). IS SHE THICK? Obviously people are going to be offended by this, particularly the parents of children hoping to attend the concert...(and isn't it a little ridiculous that a non-smoker would be pictured smoking for promotional purposes??)
According to news.com.au:
Queensland Cancer Fund tobacco issues co-ordinator Catherine Mahony said the image could encourage young women to smoke.
"While it doesn't break any laws, we're disappointed Beyonce has tried to portray this kind of image to her Queensland audience," Ms Mahony said.
"There are other ways she can create this image without having to use tobacco products."
Beyonce was portraying smoking as "sexy and cool" in the advertisements, she said.
"Young women in particular are influenced by what they see in the media," Ms Mahony said.
"So it doesn't help that they are regularly exposed to images such as celebrities smoking.
"With young women, image issues usually win out over health issues and it can actually be a prompt for them to start smoking."
Australian Medical Association Queensland's Shaun Rudd said the "thoughtless" advertisements should be scrapped.
"It's unfortunate that someone like her, who is a high-profile celebrity and role model, has cigarettes in their advertisements in this day and age. She doesn't need to get attention like that," Dr Rudd said.
"We seem to have been able to reduce the number of young men starting smoking, but with young women we're having difficulty. That is not going to help."
Way to go Beyonce!
1 comment:
doofus!
could have been worse though! spliff, needle, the idiots guide to talent?
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