Email
Password
(Forgot Password?)
Jump to full article »
As a former smoker, I feel like it's my responsibility to do everything I can to educate young people about the dangers of smoking.Independent movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, whose cigarette habit was once so extreme he was fined for lighting up in a restroom on a British Airways flight. The Weinstein Co. is the first movie company to agree to insert anti-smoking advertisements in DVDs that depict smoking. "
This may not be an offer they can't refuse, but it should be an offer studio executives will be happy to accept.California Attorney General and obvious "Godfather" fan Bill Lockyer, on the offer by attorneys general from more than 35 states for movie studios to free use of three "truth" public-service announcements on their DVDs and videos.
The [truth] advertisements are not invidious, disparaging, offensive, belligerent, nor fiercely or severely critical. Nor are they denouncements that are both unfounded and abusive or slanderous . . . even if implicitly drawing attention to unflattering facts about past actions of tobacco companies or their employees. . . . Merely drawing attention to the past conduct of tobacco companies through innocuous and even helpful-sounding offers such as those heard in 'Shredder', 'Hypnosis', 'Lie Detector,' and 'Dog Walker', is not a personal attack or vilification prohibited by the MSA.Delaware Supreme Court Decision in the Lorillard v. Legacy lawsuit.
whudafxup?New "truth" campaign highlights tobacco industry absurdities found in their secret documents.