A new report from Truth Initiative (Washington, DC) finds nearly 80 percent of TV shows with the most young viewers showcase smoking.
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Posted: Mar 11, 2018 by jono
The latest UCSF-Breathe California annual report on smoking in US top-grossing films finds backsliding, not progress:
• PG-13 films with tobacco | 50%...
Posted: Feb 18, 2018 by jono
Allison Janney is nominated for best supporting actress for her role as figure skater Tonya Harding's abusive mother in "I, Tonya."
While the film is based on real events, the chain-smoking LaVona Golden could not be located before production began, says Janney. So she and...
Posted: Feb 7, 2018 by jono
The Oscars are coming Sunday, March 4, 2018. And you have more reason than ever to watch: a tobacco explosion in Oscar-nominated films.
• 86 percent of this year's films listed in major...
Posted: Jan 27, 2018 by SGlantz
Philip Morris International is promoting IQOS, its new “heat not burn” tobacco product, all over the world, including in Japan, as a healthier alternative to cigarettes.
A 2017 scientific paper tracked four years of...
Posted: Jan 11, 2018 by sfm_admin
Unless things change in Ontario, Canada, onscreen smoking will recruit 185,000 kids to smoke. Now legislators want their film rating agency to take action.
So...
Posted: Jan 9, 2018 by SGlantz
Smokefree Movies’ partner As You Sow has a great free online tool, Tobacco Free Funds, that tells you if your retirement account is funding cigarettes or tobacco-filled movies. As You Sow built this database because nearly...
Posted: Jan 9, 2018 by jono
In December 2017, Disney announced that it would buy 21st Century Fox's film studio and some TV divisions. While the deal may not close for another year, both Wall...
Posted: Oct 29, 2017 by jono
Battle of the Sexes (Fox, PG-13) spotlights a struggle for gender equality on the pro tennis circuit and a much-hyped 1973 tennis match between women's champion Billie Jean King and hustler Bobbie Riggs. The film also...
Posted: Oct 16, 2017 by SGlantz
In early 2017, Ontario's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care established the Executive Steering Committee for the Modernization of Smoke-Free Ontario to “make recommendations that are: grounded in evidence and best practices, culturally appropriate, responsive to priority issues, and...