Posts Tagged ‘cinema’

Power of the cinema is leading young people to smoke

Monday, February 8th, 2010

It’s easy to make fun of people who blame Hollywood for everything. After all, movies are merely entertainment. Movie studios are neither missionary chapels nor outposts of political correctness. They’re businesses. As a producer once remarked, “We don’t make movies. We make money.” ... read more >>

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Smoking-in-films rating rejected

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Proposals to give automatic 18 ratings to films shown in Liverpool which feature smoking characters have been rejected by councillors. Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) had wanted young people banned from seeing onscreen smoking because of research suggesting it influenced children. ... read more >>

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WVU lecture series tackles tobacco topics

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Teen smoking, cigarettes in the cinema and the marketing of new smokeless tobacco products are some of the topics of a September lecture series at West Virginia University. ... read more >>

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