Government health warning - Brickbats - Brief Article
Reason, Nov, 2002 by Charles Oliver
Italy's health minister, Girolamo Sirchia, believes his countrymen smoke too much, and he knows why: movies and TV. So he wants to broadcast a government health warning anytime an actor lights up. Under his plan, a subtitle reading "Warning, this is pro-smoking propaganda" would pop up under every scene with cigarettes.
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