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HOLLYWOOD'S BUTT
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| In the United States Dr. Stanton A. Glantz, Director of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, has been actively seeking changes to smoking in movies on a global basis, but particularly in Hollywood. He is author to several papers and studies to do with smoking in movies and is involved with Smoke Free Movies, a group which aims to sharply reduce the U.S. film industry's usefulness to Big Tobacco's domestic and global marketing. Check out: www.smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu They suggest the following steps to target the film industry: | 1. Certify No Pay-Offs 2. Require Strong Anti-Smoking Ads 3. Stop Identifying Tobacco Brands 4. Rate New Smoking Movies "R"  |
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Smoking in U.S. movies are affecting the youth of America—and
the World! The world is fighting back: Sign the Global Petition to tell Hollywood the whole world is watching |
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“More than one such expletive must lead the Rating Board to issue a film an R rating, as must even one of these words used in a sexual context. These films can be rated less severely, however, if by a special vote, the Rating Board feels that a lesser rating would more responsibly reflect the opinion of American parents.” — MPAA Ratings Code |