News | 2014
2014
Chain-smoking characters face an R-rating
Alberta, Canada, campaign wants smoking in new feature films to prompt an R-rating.
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China mulls smoking scene ban on screen
Bolstering a 2011 regulation, a new law would fine producers for tobacco brands and product placement in films.
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Doctors want Hollywood to cancel e-cigs
Pennsylvania Medical Society wants the AMA to lobby federal agencies to prohibit celebrity endorsements and product placements.
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Advocacy groups challenge studios over smoking in youth-rated movies
Shareholders push for progress in limiting cigarette smoking in movies that young people see the most.
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Coming soon to theaters near you: E-cigarettes
SmokeStik's product placement in 'Cymbeline' has far-reaching implications for Hollywood and Big Tobacco.
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Youth advocates want all future youth-rated movies to be smokefree
"Smoking in movies is one of the last ways that tobacco products are promoted to young people in Canada and this needs to stop."
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Canadian teens lured into smoking through movies
Despite strict rules against tobacco advertising in Canada, the industry is making its way into movies, including those geared toward teens.
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No Smoking Allowed! John Constantine will need a nicotine patch In 'Constantine'
At the end of day, no smoking [in an upcoming NBC series] doesn't seem like that big a deal.
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'Om Shanti Oshaana' stubs out onscreen smoking
| IBNlive (India) (19 Feb 2014)
A romantic movie...subtly drives home tobacco harms and makes a public commitment against onscreen smoking.
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Is the tobacco lobby losing its grip?
Stan Glantz: Movies are the major place that kids get pro-tobacco media exposure.
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