I don't care if this kind of film isn't believable, but there should be some logic. So is it common for people just starting to smoke in the movies? The rest of the audience seemed to be okay with it, too.
shareYes actually, I went to see ''The Gift'' with my friends, and someone was smoking and we smelt it and saw it in the air. We did report it to the manager of the theater. A few people left because of it.
shareWell that sucks.
shareCongrats on being a rat, lol. "The Gift" was trash though, wasn't it?
shareNobody like a nark.
shareNo, of course it's not common. Up until the 1980's it was; but now it's akin to drowning puppies.
Ever see the 1980s version of the Body Snatchers where the pod people pointed and screeched if they saw a real person? That's the way it is now if anyone sees anyone daring to light up in a public building.
That isn't to say that you couldn't find a packed movie theater where someone somewhere wouldn't give it a try. But unless they put it out pretty quickly they're going to get thrown out.
Unless it's in a horror movie and they have bigger problems.
Yep...I hail from Florida and this stand alone beach theater allows drinking and smoking in it...so it's not that unbelievable.
sharesadly yes. when i went to see Sin City some guy just started smoking up. he was promptly kicked out though.
shareI haven't seen it done in ages cause so many people would rat them out. I'm suprised some idiot hasn't eCig in one yet that I was in. I smoke and use and e-Cig, but would never do it in a theater. Most the time it was some idiot smoking weed too. Like you can't wait 2 hours to have a fix man?
shareGrowing up in the 1950's all theaters had more smokers than not.
It was simply the times. Everyone was used to it. (You can see many examples of this in movies of the 30's-60's in certain scenes).
Wanna smoke? Go to the driveins that are still left and smoke inside your own car. Simple as that. What is not ok and some people just turn the blind eye is screaming crying babies at midnight showings of a movie opening
shareI don't know if the law is different in different states, but here in Washington, it's against the law to smoke inside a public building.
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No.
Utah! Get me two.
No. I've spent time on both coasts and lived in the Midwest. Movie theatres do no permit smoking, essentially ever. If you did find one, it'd probably be a fancy dinner theatre costing $100+. I imagine smoking in theatres was more common in the 70's and perhaps part of the eighties, when people became more keen on it causes damage to buildings in addition to the obvious health concerns.
The only time smoking has happened in a theatre I've been in was during a play, and even then only the actors could smoke. It was considered an essential character prop and included signs outside the entrance letting people know there would be smoking in the performance.
I should add, I'm not sure how business will respond to smoking with a vape pen in the long run. Sometimes they're given more slack.