If They Gave A Nobel Peace Prize

No One Is Going To Tell A Movie Star To Smoke Or Not Smoke Because They Can Do Whatever They Want.

All Has Changed, Thanks To Joe Eszterhas' Life-threatening Battle With Throat Cancer. He Announced In "the New York Times" That He And Hollywood Had Blood On Their Hands And Now Eszterhas Is Crusading To Stop Hollywood's Glamorization Of Smoking.

A Cigarette In The Hands Of A Hollywood Star Onscreen Is A Gun Aimed At A 12- Or 14-year-old.

There Are Certainly A Lot Of Sins To Be Taken On. To Take On Smoking And Movies Is A Weighty Enough Thing, I Think, And It's One I've Experienced, And It's What's Caused Me To Live In-with My Voice Maimed For The Rest Of My Life.

I Just Wanted To Make Sure That What I Write Is What Appears On Screen, To Not Have Some Idiot Change It On Its Way To The Screen.