On September 1, Truth Initiative reported that smoking pervaded...
Smokefree Movies Blog
Aug 18, 2020 jono
The big movie studios are starting to make films again — taking over entire hotels in countries with fewer infections...
Jun 24, 2020 jono
In July 2019, TV-14 rated Stranger Things' latest season debuted on Netflix with smoking and tobacco brands throughout. After widespread criticism, Netflix pledged to keep smoking out of its future kid-rated original movies and TV shows — but it has never put the policy on paper.
Now, Netflix's policy will be tested by a new TV series it just...
Jun 18, 2020 jono
In the first two weeks of June 2020, the Smokefree Movies R-rating petition more than doubled the number of signers from 16,000 to 38,000.
The public petition demands an R-rating...
May 27, 2020 jono
Streaming technologies have exploded Hollywood's old business models. The COVID-19 pandemic, as of spring 2020, has halted studio production and distribution in the US and Europe.
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May 21, 2020 jono
May 13, 2020 jono
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) today issued this age-rating for a home video release:
SUPERMAN: MAN OF TOMORROW — Rated PG-13 for violence, some bloody...
Apr 28, 2020 jono
In the first month of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, in March 2020, the US audience for streaming (VOD) channels grew by 50-60%,...
Apr 15, 2020 jono
Apr 10, 2020 SGlantz
Working with colleagues at New Delhi's HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) and WHO, we just published a paper in Tobacco Control:...