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Article: A link between teen smoking and movies? Antismoking groups, citing new research, urge Hollywood to leave smoking scenes on the cutting room floor in kids' films.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 22, 2005
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Byline: Randy Dotinga Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Finding a teen-oriented movie that features smoking is as easy as visiting the local multiplex.
The coach in this year's remake of "Bad News Bears," played by Billy Bob Thornton, puffs on a cigar around kids. Nearly every major character lit up in last year's Will Ferrell comedy, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy." Tobacco use has appeared in other recent PG-13 films like "Ocean's Twelve" and "Hellboy."
Now pressure is mounting to douse those cigarettes and cigars in movies directly marketed to children. For the first time, antismoking activists can point to a national ...