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2015
In a first, shareholders vote on tobacco depictions in movies with As You Sow/Trinity Health proposal at Time Warner
| As You Sow (19 Jun 2015)
For the first time, shareholders will be informed that the company's products are putting millions of children at risk.
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This warning should stay
The Editors | The Hindu (26 May 2015)
The warning scroll is an effective way of communicating the dangers of smoking.
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India cancer center wants PM to ban smoking in movies
| The Hindu (21 May 2015)
Responding to Bollywood's objections to health warnings, an anti-cancer leader proposes an outright ban on smoking scenes in movies.
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With smoking declining on screen, experts turn attention to alcohol
Chandra Johnson | Deseret News (Utah) (19 May 2015)
It has taken medical professionals longer to talk about the influence of alcohol in the movies partially because there’s much less research behind it than smoking depictions.
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'Mad Men' got the smoking issue right after all
Robin Koval | CNN (19 May 2015)
Suddenly the fictional world of 'Mad Men' collided with the facts about women's lung and heart health and the array of deadly illnesses linked to women smoking.
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Anti-tobacco activists target film poster
TNN | The Times of India (22 Apr 2015)
Citing another film poster showing the hero smoking, a Chennai activist reports: "Officials send notices to the filmmakers, but there's no further action after that."
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Disney takes on matter of life and death
Robin Koval | Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (15 Apr 2015)
Disney isn’t alone in creating the stories and images young people watch. We need the other major studios to follow Disney’s example.
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Healthcare workers shocked over removal of health warnings in films
Staff | The Hindu (13 Apr 2015)
A Delhi healthcare workers group in India objects to a cabinet plan to strip health warnings off cinema scenes of smoking.
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Anti-tobacco activists slam Centre’s plan to stop no-smoking scroll in films
TNN | The Times of India (10 Apr 2015)
'Removal...will be a big setback to our tobacco control efforts,' said one.
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'Kollywood' anti-tobacco coalition thrashes film industry's proposal
Narendra Ch | MeriNews (10 Apr 2015)
Tamil Nadu group warns that removing the anti-tobacco scrolls from South Indian films will increase the numbers smoking.
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