Non-Smoking Contract for Actors

So, Sophia Anne Caruso (Lydia in Beetlejuice) posted a photo of herself petting a dog on Instagram and people noticed that she’s holding a cigarette and the comments are just people losing their s**t about it.

I, personally, think she can make her own choices and am not going to criticize her for it but I saw someone comment about how some actors in musical theatre have Non-Smoking Agreements in their contracts (obviously to preserve their voices) and that she can possibly get in trouble.

I never even thought about that being a thing before.
How common is that being in a contract nowadays?

Updated On: 7/22/19 at 05:52 PM

LuPita2 said: "Why would people care what an 18 year old is doing on her day off? Jesus."

I know! She can do whatever she wants and is probably more successful than 99% of the people commenting, smoking or not. Haha. 
I think people are paranoid about her ruining her voice or whatever. 

Jayar2 said: "Well, first off, she is breaking the law. She is 18. You have to be 21 to buy tobacco in NYC. As of November 2019, you will have to be 21 to buy tobacco in all of New York state."

The photo says she was in Madrid. But, yeah. It’s probably not just there in that case. lol 

TobiasRagg said: "So, Sophia Anne Caruso (Lydia in Beetlejuice) posted a photo of herself petting a dog on Instagram and people noticed that she’s holding a cigarette and the comments are just people losing their s**t about it.

I, personally, think she can make her own choices and am not going to criticize her for it but I saw someone comment about how some actors in musical theatre have Non-Smoking Agreements in their contracts (obviously to preserve their voices) and that she can possibly get in trouble.

I never even thought about that being a thing before.
How common is that being in a contract nowadays?"

There's no such thing as a "Non-Smoking Agreement" in an Equity contract -- it would be unenforceable.

JSquared2 said: "TobiasRagg said: "So, Sophia Anne Caruso (Lydia in Beetlejuice) posted a photo of herself petting a dog on Instagram and people noticed that she’s holding a cigarette and the comments are just people losing their s**t about it.

I, personally, think she can make her own choices and am not going to criticize her for it but I saw someone comment about how some actors in musical theatre have Non-Smoking Agreements in their contracts (obviously to preserve their voices) and that she can possibly get in trouble.

I never even thought about that being a thing before.
How common is that being in a contract nowadays?"

There's no such thing as a "Non-Smoking Agreement" in an Equity contract -- it would be unenforceable."

Thank you for actually answering my original question. Haha.   People tend to not do that here. 

LuPita2 said: "Jayar2 said: "Well, first off, she is breaking the law. She is 18. You have to be 21 to buy tobacco in NYC. As of November 2019, you will have to be 21 to buy tobacco in all of New York state."

Adorable. Does it show her buying a pack? No? Then shhhhh.........."

I'll be more specific then-- it is illegal to SMOKE under the age of 21 in NYC and will be in the entire state in November.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/07/16/new-york-smoking-age-18-to-21/

Rainah said: "I cannot imagine what would possess a broadway actor to smoke, but there's not much that can be done about it. People are allowed to make bad decisions"

The biggest culprits are dancers and singers.  Heck, Streisand and Minnelli were the biggest smokers at the peak of their careers.  

 

People making degrading comments about a young girl’s personal choices, which have absolutely nothing to do with them, need to take a seat. Mind your business.

I'm an actor, and I can tell you that if you include marijuana, it's harder to find an actor who doesn't smoke.

Alex Kulak2 said: "I'm an actor, and I can tell you that if you include marijuana, it's harder to find an actor whodoesn'tsmoke."

Exactly