| We observe these scenes daily: characters
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| | current top movies have smoking scenes,
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| smoking in major motion pictures and on
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| | visit
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| popular television shows, and "lighting
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| | Angelina Jolie quit smoking for the
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| up" during on-air interviews and in
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| | safety and health of her children, and
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| tabloid photos. Is Tinseltown "addicted"
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| | convinced Brad Pitt to do the same. Julia
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| to smoking? Does Hollywood consider
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| | Roberts also quit for the sake of her
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| tobacco use glamorous or cool? Are
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| | kids, as did Ben Affleck when he and
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| entertainment celebrities biologically
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| | Jennifer Garner became parents. But those
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| prone to tobacco and other addictions?
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| | celebs are in the minority. Despite
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| Why do filmmakers continue to use smoking
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| | repeated warnings of tobacco's undeniable
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| (a recognized killer!) as a plot device?
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| | dangers to our health, our pocketbooks
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| How does such high-profile use of killer
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| | AND our political freedoms, most
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| tobacco negatively influence our youth?
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| | performers and filmmakers who smoke or
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| With so many celebrities smoking
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| | promote smoking won't stop. That's why
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| on-screen and in public, it's no wonder
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| | many prominent medical organizations,
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| our kids, who already want to look and
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| | including the World Health Organization,
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| act like the stars, start that lethal
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| | American Lung Association, American
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| habit. Parents need to know about the
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| | Medical Association and American Heart
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| insidious ways famous people influence
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| | Association, support instituting these
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| kids to become another generation of
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| | changes in Hollywood:
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| addicts. Scientific research proves that
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| | 1. Any film showing or implying tobacco
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| more than 390,000 children and teens in
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| | should be rated "R" The only exceptions
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| the U.S. start underage smoking each year
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| | would be when the presentation of tobacco
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| upon seeing their favorite celebrities
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| | clearly and unambiguously reflects the
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| smoking in movies. Tragically, tobacco
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| | dangers and consequences of tobacco use
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| use will someday kill 100,000 of those
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| | or is necessary to represent the smoking
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| adolescents.
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| | of a real historical figure.
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| The list of celebrity smokers is
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| | 2. Producers should post a certificate in
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| shocking. Here are just a few celebrity
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| | the closing credits declaring that nobody
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| smokers (those alive, so far): Britney
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| | on the production received anything of
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| Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett
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| | value (cash, free cigarettes or other
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| Johansson, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell,
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| | gifts, free publicity, interest-free
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| Leonardo DiCaprio, John Travolta, Mel
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| | loans or anything else) from anyone in
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| Gibson, Jennifer Lopez, Kirsten Dunst,
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| | exchange for using or displaying tobacco.
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| Kate Moss, Matthew McConaughey, Russell
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| | 3. Studios and theaters should require a
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| Crowe, Simon Cowell, Mary Kate Olsen,
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| | genuinely strong anti-smoking ad (not
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| Jennifer Aniston, Orlando Bloom.
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| | produced by a tobacco company) to run
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| Do they realize they're likely to age
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| | before any film with any tobacco
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| quicker and more noticeably because of
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| | presence, in any distribution channel,
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| their smoking habit?
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| | regardless of its MPAA rating.
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| And what about movies that "hype"
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| | 4. There should be no tobacco brand
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| smoking? Scenes that brazenly promote
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| | identification nor the presence of
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| smoking routinely appear in romantic
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| | tobacco brand imagery (such as
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| comedies, action/adventure flicks and
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| | billboards) in the background of any
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| dramas. Recent offenders include Ocean's
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| | movie scene.
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| Thirteen, Spiderman 3, Dreamgirls,
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| | (This article, in its entirety, may be
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| Knocked Up, and even the Summer teen
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| | copied freely, but segments can't be
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| flick Nancy Drew. (To discover more about
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| | taken out of context).
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| smoking in movies, and to learn which
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