Goodnight Moon and the Smoker's Dilemma

I chose the last picture of Goodnight Moon illustrator Clement Hurd. The picture is on the dust jacket of the book where the illustrator's biography is located. However unlike the original version where Hurd is holding a cigarette, he instead has his hand open as if "trying to get someone to repay him 2o bucks." The picture was most likely manipulated so that his smoking habits would not influence the children who read his books. Worried parents were probably the promoters of the change and the printing company did not wish bad publicity or plunging sales. Obviously the picture does not reveal itself in its truest form, but I don't believe this particular case is harmful. The cigarette could be taken or left and would not make a difference to the purpose of the work, the children's story. I believe that perhaps the company made the right decision to alter the photo in order to save children's opinions of smoking.