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Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi speaks to the media at a campaign for putting an end to tobacco use. The actor talks about his experiences in college that led him to quit smoking, smoking in film roles, Shahrukh Khan and smoking. He is also seen with children holding placards that read 'Smoking is uncool' at an awareness campaign event. Listen to the Bollywood actor narrate an incident with a girl when he was in college. Vivek Oberoi: "I feel that I've smoked a lot in films, mostly it's been on a director's request or because of a character being negative. I need to portray a negative character so we have a tendency to smoke onscreen. But in personal life, I don't smoke. Yes, I used to smoke when I was in school. I picked it up as a habit. So for some time I tried it, thought aa lot that it w