Before you read on the following post, let me introduce myself. I’ve been a crazy fan of ‘The Simpsons’ since its premiere in December 17, 1989. I think, I’ve never missed any episode of the show and own the downloaded collection of all The Simpsons seasons. For me, it always has been a very humorous, thought-provoking, entertaining and lovable animated TV show with no obnoxious side effects.   There are several other animation series such as Family Guy and South Park which often become part of controversies due to taboo topics they make use of. Fortunately, The Simpsons always managed to retain a respectable status in the society but unluckily, it’s not possible any more.   Controversies have managed to find their way into our darling animated comedy drama ‘The Simpsons’.

The University Of Sydney School Of Public Health carried out a study to depict the impact of the TV shows like ‘The Simpsons’ on public health. The study results have shown that TV shows like ‘The Simpsons’ display the use of tobacco in episodes.  Dr. Eslick examined the 18 seasons of The Simpsons, near about 400 episodes. His studies have shown that the smoking was shown as many times as 795 times, featuring in a negative context about 35 per cent of the time, positive 2 per cent and neutral 63 per cent.

He added, “In the majority of cases the characters were adults, such as Patty and Selma and Krusty the Clown, although children and teenagers featured in around eight per cent of cases”.

While watching the episodes of any TV show, we rarely care about such kind of issues but actually, a concern is required being a good citizen. It’s a well known fact that animated shows are mostly watched by the kids so smoking by their favorite characters in their darling TV shows can have major influence on their minds.  So, I think the creators must think about it and take initiatives to make this show free from all such social and health hazards.

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