News | Editorial
2016
Film biz needs to get the message on smoking
Indeed, the World Health Organization in early February stated that onscreen smoking prompts more than a third of young people who smoke to do so.
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2015
This warning should stay
The warning scroll is an effective way of communicating the dangers of smoking.
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2011
Billy, did you see the new movie Rango yet?
Editorial cartoon.
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Smoky 'Rango' leaves bad taste
We're suggesting that Paramount showed poor judgment — and so have others.
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Having a smoke on screen? Justify it
Celebrities need to confine such habits to their private life.
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2010
Avatars don't smoke
It’s hard to condemn the strategy of using information, not censorship, to confront a perceived public-health threat.
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Don't show any butts in PG-13
Watching characters smoke in movies is the single most powerful pro-smoking influence for children.
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Why Hollywood movies with smoking scenes need an R-rating
Why does Hollywood still not impose an R-rating for all movies with tobacco use?
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2009
Cigarettes, Teens and Movies
Images of smoking in Hollywood films have global influence.
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2008
Smoking in the movies
Smoking is unhealthy, and movies can glamorize the habit. But how much censorship is too much?
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