The incidence of smoking on screen is at its highest for 50 years.
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Stanford Alumni Magazine
Medical residents at the children's hospital take on Hollywood.
UPI
Depiction of tobacco use in PG-13 movies hit a nine-year high in 2003.
National Catholic Reporter
It is more than reasonable to hold the industry accountable.
National Catholic Reporter
Regardless of why movie characters are smoking, the health harm is the same.
CBC
The majority of three-year-olds in the U.S. knew who Joe Camel was, more so than Mickey Mouse.
Office of the California Attorney General
I'm pleased that movie directors and motion picture industry officials are willing to explore ways they can help keep our kids from starting down a deadly road.
NPR All Things Considered
Socially conscious investors are urging Hollywood to put an R-rating on movies that include smoking.
Helena (MT) Independent Record
Helena students are creating ads that counter pro-tobacco media.
Tallahassee Democrat
Commerce Committee to investigate whether cigarette placement in movies violates bans.
Variety
Tobacco use in a kid-rated film doesn't sell the film. But it does sell tobacco — to kids.
Los Angeles Times
Nothing better to do than intimidate and harass an entertainment industry that has broken no laws.
Toledo Blade
The movie industry claims to have ended the practice of tobacco product-placement fees.
USA Today
What will it take to get Hollywood executives to address the dangers of smoking?
Daily Mail
Films featuring cigarettes should be given '18' certificate, health expert says.
The Telegraph
Study says the effect of seeing smoking in films is far greater than that of tobacco advertising.
The Sun
Films which feature characters smoking could automatically earn US equivalent of '18' rating.
Womens enews
Powerful pro-smoking signals are reaching teens … through the loophole of Hollywood movies.
San Francisco Chronicle
In the old days, perhaps Hollywood could plead ignorance as an excuse.
Ethics Daily
Pro-tobacco messages in movies can influence people to pick up a deadly habit.
The Washington Post
The strongest evidence to date that smoking in movies encourages adolescents to start smoking.
AP
Investigators concluded that 52 percent of smoking teens started because of exposure to on-screen smoking.
BBC
There is a call for films featuring smoking to be given R-ratings.
New Scientist
Biggest single factor in influencing teenagers to smoke, suggests a new US study.
Los Angeles Times
Why are Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts stonewalling thousands of middle and high school students?
AP
Legacy study finds 14 percent of movie trailers include tobacco use.
The New York Times
Hollywood started me smoking, literally putting a cigarette in my hand.