The use of a poster showing ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman smoking a cigarette to promote a forthcoming concert in Ireland has been criticised by an Irish anti-smoking group.
ASH Ireland said it "regretted" the use of an image glamorising cigarette smoking.
People who play music and who look to young people to pay to hear their music "should be aware that they are a huge influence", said Dr Luke Clancy, a consultant respiratory physician and chairman of the anti-smoking group ASH.
Dr Clancy said he was not surprised that the former Rolling Stone had a poster in which he was smoking. However, Aiken Promotions, which is handling Mr Wyman in Ireland, should know better, he said. They have a duty of care not to harm young people. "They have a responsibility not to get children started on something that they will be hooked on. I would like this industry to be aware that they are dealing with people who are easily influenced."
Mr Peter Aiken, of Aiken Promotions, said people did not give young people enough credit. It is "stupid and naive" to think that young people will smoke just because they have seen Bill Wyman with a cigarette in his mouth, he added.