News | 2009
2009
Progress in stamping out smoking has stalled
Steven Reinberg | HealthDay (12 Nov 2009)
Some states spend more to subsidize movies with smoking than on tobacco prevention programs.
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Study says state film subsidies underwrite tobacco-friendly movies
Brooks Barnes | The New York Times (11 Nov 2009)
An estimated 60 percent of subsidies offered by states in 2008 went to movies with tobacco imagery.
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Smoking in 'Land of the Lost' brings reprimand to a studio
Brooks Barnes | The New York Times (18 Oct 2009)
American Medical Association Alliance released its scorecard on smoking in summer movies.
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Team sports can't compete with films to keep kids from smoking
Steven Reinberg | HealthDay (7 Jul 2009)
Parents need to be aware of the need to minimize their children's exposure.
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Cigarettes, Teens and Movies
The editors | America (22 Jun 2009)
Images of smoking in Hollywood films have global influence.
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Liverpool film producers dismiss calls to give 18 ratings to films with smoking
Laura Davis | Liverpool Daily Post (18 Jun 2009)
The City Council has agreed to hold a consultation on changing its licensing policy.
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As movies portray fewer smokers, fewer teens light up
Denise Mann | CNN (3 Jun 2009)
Witnessing smoking scenes in movies may be the leading factor associated with smoking initiation among youth.
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Cigarettes in popular films are targets of health groups
Brooks Barnes | The New York Times (28 May 2009)
Summer movies are the focus of a new antismoking campaign.
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NC Senate committee delays smoking ban debate
Gary D. Robertson | Wilmington (NC) Star News (22 Apr 2009)
The motion picture industry worries that North Carolina's new smokefree workplace bill would prevent actors from smoking on screen.
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San Mateo County supervisors back restrictions on showing smoking in movies
Shaun Bishop | Contra Costa Times (2 Apr 2009)
Endorsement of the Smokefree Movies campaign, approved unanimously.
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