Who smokes brands?
Tobacco brands keep showing up in mainstream Hollywood movies, despite a US legal agreement barring paid product placement by the tobacco companies that benefit from global brand promotion in entertainment media. Once a brand is in a movie, it appears on multiple media platforms for decades. If no actor is listed, the tobacco brand was advertised somewhere else in a scene.
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| Year | Title | Rating | Company | Brands displayed | Used by actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Forever My Girl | PG | Lionsgate | Camel | |
| 2018 | Life Itself | R | Amazon | Camel | Olivia Cooke |
| 2017 | All Eyez on Me | R | Lionsgate | Newport, Maverick | |
| 2017 | Atomic Blonde | R | Comcast | Marlboro | James McAvoy |
| 2017 | Baby Driver | R | Sony | Newport | |
| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes | PG-13 | Fox | Virginia Slims, Virginia Slims, Virginia Slims | Sarah Silverman |
| 2017 | Detroit | R | Annapurna | Kool, Marlboro | |
| 2017 | Gold | R | Weinstein | Winston, Marlboro | Matthew McConaughey |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | R | A24 | Camel, Marlboro, Newport | Saoirse Ronan |
| 2016 | 13 Hours | R | Viacom | Guava Hookah Tobacco | |
| 2016 | Allied | R | Viacom | Lucky Strike | |
| 2016 | Bleed for This | R | Open Road | Newport, Newport | Katey Sagal |
| 2016 | Dirty Grandpa | R | Lionsgate | Macanudo Maduro Diplomat | |
| 2016 | Hail Caesar! | PG-13 | Comcast | Viceroy | Ian Blackman |
| 2016 | Hell or High Water | R | CBS | Zoom, Pyramid | |
| 2016 | Hello My Name Is Doris | R | Lionsgate | Blu, Camel | |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys | R | Time Warner | L&M | |
| 2016 | Triple 9 | R | Open Road | Newport, Clipper, Blu | |
| 2016 | War Dogs | R | Time Warner | Marlboro | |
| 2015 | American Ultra | R | Lionsgate | Marlboro, Blu | |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | PG-13 | Sony | Marlboro | |
| 2014 | Dumb and Dumber To | PG-13 | Comcast | Newport | |
| 2014 | The Equalizer | R | Sony | Marlboro | David Harbour |
| 2014 | Get on Up | PG-13 | Comcast | Kool | Nelsan Ellis |
| 2014 | Jersey Boys | R | Time Warner | Winston, Kent, L&M | |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | PG-13 | Sony | Lucky Strike | Extra |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | R | Weinstein | Winston | Meryl Streep |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | PG-13 | Sony | Marlboro | |
| 2013 | Don Jon | R | Relativity | Newport | |
| 2013 | Escape Plan | R | Lionsgate | Marlboro | Extra |
| 2013 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | R | Viacom | Newport, American Spirit, Marlboro | |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | PG-13 | Weinstein | Pall Mall | Oprah Winfrey |
| 2013 | Rush | R | Comcast | Marlboro, John Player | |
| 2013 | The World's End | R | Comcast | Marlboro, Marlboro | Simon Pegg |
| 2012 | Good Deeds | PG-13 | Lionsgate | Marlboro | |
| 2012 | Lawless | R | Weinstein | United Cigars, Chesterfield | |
| 2012 | Looper | R | Sony | Marlboro | |
| 2012 | The Master | R | Weinstein | Kool, Kool | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 2012 | Safe | R | Lionsgate | Marlboro | |
| 2012 | Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | R | Comcast | Don Ramon | Rob Corddry |
| 2011 | The Change-Up | R | Comcast | Camel | |
| 2011 | Drive | R | Sony | Marlboro | Bryan Cranston |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | R | Sony | Marlboro | Daniel Craig |
| 2011 | The Ides of March | R | Sony | Camel, Marlboro | Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 2011 | Moneyball | PG-13 | Sony | Copenhagen | Brad Pitt |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary | R | Sony | Kool | Johnny Depp |
| 2011 | Sucker Punch | PG-13 | Time Warner | El Jefe | |
| 2010 | Burlesque | PG-13 | Sony | Camel | |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | R | Lionsgate | Marlboro | |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | PG-13 | Viacom | Cohiba, Montecristo |
Pay-offs? Yes or no
Some years ago, we asked fifty Hollywood producers who had featured Marlboros in their films to sign a declaration saying they received nothing in return. None signed it — no explanation.
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