# I pit DrDeth

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/34 "2021-03-01T01:04:16Z")

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Or this:

> [@smoking on scree and TV- paid for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-on-scree-and-tv-paid-for/749088):
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> Coming off the end page of this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=782169&page=4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=782169&page=4) Because Big Tobacco got caught giving Payola to the Movie and TV industry to portray smoking in a cool and glamorous light, and so it was made illegal to do that. [http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conten...1.fullResults:](http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conten...1.fullResults:) Both the entertainment and tobacco industries recognised the high value of promotion of tobacco through entertainment media. The 1980s saw undertakings by four tobacco compa…

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