Sumit Bhattacharya is on the wrong rhetoric. Portraying smoking is one thing (it certainly is not "art") but glorification of smoking is absolutely different. All heroes and even villains are shown "enjoying" and "glorifying" smoking. Mahesh Bhatt has admitted in an open debate that films have been indeed glorifying smoking. As smoking not only affects the health of the smoker but also induces youngsters to smoke following their film heroes and also spoils the health of the passive smokers, it deserves to be stopped. Besides, who is paying through the nose for the treatment of dreaded smoke-related diseases- Is Bhattacharya and his ilk doing it? Why cant they welcome a good healthy population in India, sans smoking?
Any media which not only encourages smoking but also gives space to those who oppose ban on smoking cannot be considered doing a healthy journalistic job.
