News | 2010
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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James Cameron responds to critics of smoking in 'Avatar'
Smoking is a filthy habit which I don’t support, and neither, I believe, does 'Avatar.'
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'Avatar' joins holiday movies that fail an antismoking test
Others include 'Sherlock Holmes,' 'The Blind Side,' 'Nine,' and 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox.'
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'Nine' gets Hackademy Award…
The amount of smoking in PG-13-rated movies is of particular concern, because that's where teens view it most.
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Where there's smoke, there's ire
Research shows "the movies are the largest single reason kids start to smoke."
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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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We want movies to acknowledge what is real, but also to improve on reality.
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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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More money, more problems: 'Avatar' success fuels critics
| The Economic Times (India) (14 Jan 2010)
The character played by Sigourney Weaver … is still puffing away on her cigarettes some 150 years in the future.
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