French Parliamentarians Allowed Images of Smokers From the Past
Jessica Miller | January 21, 2011
Jean-Paul Sartre, who died in 1980, will soon be able to smoke Beverly cigarettes in public again. And the great comic film-maker Jacques Tati will shortly be allowed to take up his beloved pipe too, 28 years after his death. French parliamentarians have voted to recommend a “cultural exception” to an anti-smoking law which has led to the “healthily correct” editing of images of celebrated smokers from the past.

































