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British American Tobacco cigarettes were handed out to viewers of the studio's movies in Nigeria.

So much contemplative dragging on cigarettes amid operatic shafts of backlighting.

The R rating would be the right thing to do … and wouldn't cost the industry a cent.

Have people been spending their days timing smoking scenes with stopwatches?

Campaign announced with WHO, LA County health director, AMA, Lung Association.

'I greeted a bunch of 8-year-old girls dressed as Cruella with a long cigarette. Nobody dressed up like the good guy.'

Hollywood should not be sending a message that smoking is a glamorous habit.

Eszterhas' remarkable mea culpa has fed into a lively debate.

'I'm haunted by the fact that I may have caused lives to be lost.'

Screenwriter with cancer regrets glorifying habit.

My movie made a lot of money; so did their new cigarette.

The movie 'In the Bedroom' — What was up with all the smoking?

Rob Reiner: 'Movies are basically advertising cigarettes to kids.'

Tobacco companies claim they are sticking to product placement agreement, but numbers are up.

Smoking, peer pressure, product placement, and the power of movies.

Tobacco companies were well aware of the benefits of having audiences … see their favorite stars smoking.

The study blasted the tobacco industry for aggressive product placement tactics in the 1980s.

Study: Cigarette companies aggressively pursued product placement in films.

Why is cigarette smoking still on the rise in Hollywood films?

In 'Saving Private Ryan,' Tom Hanks was given a nervous twitch in his hand, instead of a cigarette.

Cigarettes return to films in a big way.

Films which show actors smoking should be classified as unsuitable for children in the same way as those that contain sex and violence, according to a well-funded pressure group.

Although it may take a few years, Glantz predicts Hollywood will give in.

It's not just marketing. It's a sneak attack.

Why is Hollywood serving a racket that's buried many of its most gifted members?

LA County develops ads to counter cigarettes' 'cool' movie image — but few theaters show them.

Movies influence youngsters to light up, says California state Sen. John Burton, who will hold a hearing.

A study by the American Lung Association finds that of 133 movies released 1994-1995, 77 percent showed tobacco use.

The on-screen haze is reviving concerns the tobacco industry is paying for its products to appear in movies.

Feature films are five times more likely to depict smoking than TV.