The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted its eighth annual update on "Smoking in the Movies...
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As You Sow, a Smokefree Movies partner, released a new report on October 28, 2020:
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On October 5, 2020, forty-three Attorneys General asked Hollywood's producers, directors, writers, actors and crew to...
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On September 1, Truth Initiative reported that smoking pervaded...
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The big movie studios are starting to make films again — taking over entire hotels in countries with fewer infections...
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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...
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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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