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Movies That Blow Smoke

In an effort to get movies to stop glamorizing smoking, the AMA Alliance has put out a list of the worst offenders.
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TV, Movies Have Profound Effect on Youth Smoking

Children who view favorable images of smoking on TV or in movies have a 90-percent greater risk of becoming smokers, according to a meta-analysis of research studies on the link between smoking and exposure to tobacco ads and on-screen imagery.
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Too much smoking in movies and on TV in Germany.

German Federal Drug Commissioner Sabine Bätzing has presented a study by Reiner Hanewinkel.
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Philip Morris USA and smoking scenes in movies

Philip Morris and smoking scenes in movies... directed at youth.
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Toward Smokefree Movies in India

One of the easiest ways to significantly bring down the number of children and youth who get initiated to tobacco use in India, without any budgetary allocation for this public health exercise, is to remove the depiction of tobacco use in films and TV, rightly said the Indian Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss.
One of the major influences on the uptake of teen tobacco use is the glamourisation of tobacco use in movies and on television. This has been well documented by comprehensive research studies in India and the US. LISTEN

Source: Bobby Ramakant

Attorneys General and the movies

41 Attorneys General (pdf) write to Hollywood asking the studios to insert anti-smoking ads in DVDs depicting smoking.
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Source: Smokefree Movies  and National Association of the Attorneys General

Here are the 3 public service announcements provided by American Legacy: I found the download a little slow but it is worth waiting...

• 1200 : Tobacco Kills 1200 people a day
• Body Bag
• Shards o'Glass

Reiner Hanewinkel about smoking in movies in Germany

Reiner Hanewinkel presents the results of his research about the impact of smoking in US movies on the young spectators in Germany.

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James Sargent about smoking in movies

James Sargent presents his research about smoking in movies and its impact on young smokers at the press conference.
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Cheryl Healton about smokefree movies and the Screen Out! guide

Cheryl Healton is President and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation. She explains her support for smoke free movies.
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Stephen Havas about smokefree movies and the Screen Out! guide

Stephen Havas is a Vice President of the American Medical Association. He expresses their support to the smokefree movies campaign and announces AMA-Alliance 25.000 members will distribute the Screen Out! guide to their patients.
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