A closer analogy is when cigarette companies advertised to kids, covertly or even overtly. Parents shouldn't let their kids smoke, sure. But that's not the end

A closer analogy is when cigarette companies advertised to kids, covertly or even overtly. Parents shouldn't let their kids smoke, sure. But that's not the end of the public conversation. It's not easy or perhaps even possible for a parent's influence to outweigh social programming coming from all around.