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2014
History repeats on e-cigarettes
Children see celebrities using this product on prime-time television, and at least one cartoon character touts its use.
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2012
Campaign against tobacco in movies is all smoke, no fire
Wouldn’t society be better off if we directed more energy to reducing mindless violence in movies?
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2010
Up in smoke: Give movies with tobacco an automatic 'R'
We just make it tougher for new films with cigarette use to influence kids.
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Altria: How does smoking in movies affect the young?
Since 1990, Philip Morris USA’s policy has been to refrain from product placement in movies.
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The libertarian smokescreen
You stigmatize tobacco because it kills hundreds of thousands of people a year — or at least you give it...an 'R.'
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Smoke Screens
A modest proposal: the MPAA ratings system should be abolished.
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Power of the cinema is leading young people to smoke
Since movie studios are businesses, why not hold them to normal business standards?
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Movies: Where there's smoking, there's ire
No one's banning anything, just saying, 'Kids shouldn't be able to see it so easily.'
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2007
Making cancer cool: Tobacco and Hollywood
One important cultural ally of Big Tobacco is Hollywood.
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2008
Smoked out
Smoking in movies is a powerful channel for promoting a lethal addiction.
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