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SYDNEY, Australia - Nicole Kidman's televised cigarette puffing at the Cannes Film Festival has anti-smokers here fuming. Critics said the sight of the Oscar-winning Australian thespian lighting up in front of the world's media this week while promoting her new film, 'Dogville,' was free advertising for the tobacco industry. At a media briefing, Kidman scammed a cigarette off her co-star, Stellan Skarsgard, only to be admonished by director Lars von Trier in front of the world's press. 'Oh, Nicole, don't do that — you promised,' von Trier said. Kidman coolly kept puffing. The images made major Australian news bulletins and were reported in Wednesday's newspapers. 'We accept that Nicole Kidman has a right to smoke, but with celebrity comes a responsibility to avoid promoting lethal and addictive products to young people..'
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