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USA: children’s theatre makes smoking a farce
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A theatre group based in Minnesota has been busy delivering a dramatic message to children that smoking is far from “cool” (the word used by children in the United States and many other countries to describe what is trendy and worthy of attention). Two plays, both produced by the Minneapolis-based National Theatre for Children (NTC), are being performed to schoolchildren about the dangers of smoking, using humour and imagination to get across their message. During the academic …