News | 2015
2015
After Sony hacking, the MPAA considers major changes
Fissures revealed by the hacking at Sony Pictures Entertainment have raised the prospect of profound change at one of Hollywood’s oldest institutions: the Motion Picture Association of America.
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Will Ab Fab’s Patsy be stripped of chain-smoking habit by censors?
Joanna Lumley, who will reprise the role of Patsy in next year's Absolutely Fabulous movie, said, 'The smoking will be interesting as people are very serious about it now.'
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Smoking common in foreign films, study finds
But only films from Argentina showed smoking on screen for a longer time frame than those from the United States.
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Fighting tobacco's unrestricted role in movies
Tobacco in movies is "surely a perverse testimony to the power of product integration on screens both big and ever smaller."
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How smoking in movies drives kids to become smokers
We now know that protecting kids from the influence of smoking in movies today is a key to preventing them from becoming smokers tomorrow.
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We've come a long way, but not far enough
Smoking portrayed on movie screens had considerable influence in persuading people to smoke. The message was overt and powerful — cool, sophisticated, tough, savvy people smoked.
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To save 30,000 lives, restrict movies with smoking to those 18 or older, public health researchers say
An Ontario 18A rating for all movies with smoking would avert more than 30,000 tobacco-related deaths and save more than half a billion dollars in healthcare costs, University of Toronto public health researchers say.
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Disney bans smoking in youth-rated films
While the rule holds strong for films that Disney produces, the same rules do not apply to films that the company distributes.
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Time Warner seeks shareholders vote on tobacco depictions in movies
'Tobacco in youth-rated movies is an unnecessary liability. This crisis in an opportunity for the company to demonstrate its leadership and its commitment to health.'
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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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