I hope this doesn't spread to editing out smoking Muppets as well. Think of the characters from various productions that have smoked (or still do) and would therefore be edited out of DVDs if certain people had their way:
Bobby Benson
J.P. Grosse
Lord Chatterly (from Alphabet Chats)
Alistair Cookie (who doubled his tobacco intake by EATING his pipe)
King Goshposh
Statler (exploding cigar in the Juliet Prowse TMS episode)
Fozzie (exploding cigar in the Phyllis George episode)
Floyd (smoked a hookah in the Brooke Shields episode)
And there are many more instances of course, but let's hope that this stuff reaches our hands in DVD form before more unnecessary cuts are considered.
As a side note, they don't seem to be as concerned with violence (at least where TMS was shown on Nickelodeon). One day they played TMS on Nickelodeon, during their pre-school time block called "Nick Jr."
Anyway, the rating "TV Y" appeared up in the corner, and there was the close-up of the dressing room door, followed by Scooter's knocking.
Now keep in mind that the "TV Y" stayed in the corner as Scooter came in...
"Liza Minelli, Liza Minelli, fifteen seconds to curtain, Liza!"
And the "TV Y" still stayed there as Scooter staggered in and collapsed with the knife in his back.
As Kermit said once "Think about this, friends."
Convincing John