Breja: Oh noes! Smoking! In a game! I mean, killing people by the dozens with every weapon known to man and some we made up just for games is great, but smoking? Time to draw a line!
Ancient-Red-Dragon: I agree with the Zoidberg. Games should not be making smoking seem "glamorous" and/or "cool" or anything like that.
Killing people is not a behavior that players are going to emulate in real-life.
On the other hand, smoking is one that they would in some cases. Hence, game makers should not be promoting that by glorifying such disgusting & unhealthy smoking behavior in their games.
Yeah, it's always rightous and for people's own good when it's about how games shouldn't depict something you don't like. Of course then there's another guy with a different idea of what games shouldn't depict, and how we should all think of the children and all that. And the idea of leaving the authors creative freedom? Screw that, we're the Moral High Guardians!
Games shouldn't depict smoking.
Games shouldn't depict drugs.
Games shouldn't depict drinking.
Games shouldn't depict sex.
Games shouldn't depict blasphemy.
Games shouldn't depict crime.
Games shouldn't depict racism.
Games shouldn't depict homosexuals.
Games shouldn't depict violence,
Games shouldn't depict witchcraft.
Games shouldn't depict ducks.
Games shouldn't depict people demanding games don't depict things they don't like.
The world would really be a better place if people weren't so concerned about other people's wellbeing.