News | 2012
2012
'Agneepath' first film to run anti-smoking scroll
Films with smoking scenes ... will now have to face cuts or run a statutory warning.
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Smoking: Marilyn star Michelle Williams likes it not
Michelle smoked as little as she could even though Marilyn smoked 'a lot.'
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Viggo Mortensen
I note with approval slight nicotine stains on his teeth, a courageous act of defiance for an American film star.
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Hollywood hooks young on smoking
Public health agency calls on Ontario Film Review Board to rate smoking movies 18A.
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Azad takes on-screen smoking row to Khurshid
India's health minister defends regulations that add on-screen warnings to movies with smoking.
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At Vanity Fair’s Oscar party, everyone is someone
Cigarette and candy girls in cream mini-dresses designed by L'Wren Scott roaming a tented area.
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Preventing youth smoking
UCSF's Stan Glantz and Pam Ling discuss U.S. Surgeon General's report.
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Watching movie stars light up may spur kids to smoke
Kids who saw more tobacco use on film from ages 9 to 14 tended to become regular smokers.
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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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Tobacco-free movies in Manila Int'l Film Festival?
| ABS-CBN (22 Mar 2012)
It is about time to consider such films as indirect tobacco advertising and promotion vehicles.
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