Students Show Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Their Distaste for His Cigar Tent
Wednesday May 12, 2004
Students at Fillmore High in Fillmore, CA put on an after-school skit denouncing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'cigar tent' in the state Capitol's interior courtyard. His disregard for the message he sends to kids about smoking offended these students enough for them to take action.
Nancy Luna and her classmates put on a skit in which Schwarzenegger is puffing on an oversized cigar while chatting with fellow law-makers in the tent. Seemingly untroubled about the effects of the secondhand smoke from his cigars on his companions, Schwarzenegger shows only slight concern when one of his secretaries, played by Sierra Benson, 15, develops lung cancer and dies.
The message public figures send to our youth is powerful, and it is the obligation of those in the spotlight to be responsible. When a person who is as influential as Gov. Schwarzenegger conveys by his actions that smoking is okay, it can undo a lot of work those have done to try to change how our kids regard smoking. Read more.
Nancy Luna and her classmates put on a skit in which Schwarzenegger is puffing on an oversized cigar while chatting with fellow law-makers in the tent. Seemingly untroubled about the effects of the secondhand smoke from his cigars on his companions, Schwarzenegger shows only slight concern when one of his secretaries, played by Sierra Benson, 15, develops lung cancer and dies.
The message public figures send to our youth is powerful, and it is the obligation of those in the spotlight to be responsible. When a person who is as influential as Gov. Schwarzenegger conveys by his actions that smoking is okay, it can undo a lot of work those have done to try to change how our kids regard smoking. Read more.
Comments
What a great way for the governor to assert is individuality and personal choice. Freedom in a free country. What a shame he has to set up a tent just so he can enjoy a good cigar. Good show to the students for expressing their opinion. Another fine aspect of our system – students exercising freedom in a free country.