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LA AG celebrates first anti smoking messages on movie DVD's 

Jump to full article: WWL 870 AM / 105.3 FM (New Orleans, LA), 2006-10-25
Author: Dave Cohen / WWL News Director

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Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti says that for the first time a motion picture company has agreed to put anti-smoking public service announcements on DVD's of movies that show characters smoking.

Foti says the Weinstein Company is the first to take action after a letter to Hollywood's 13 major motion picture companies. The request came from Foti and Attorneys General from 40 other states. Beginning with the December release of "Clerks II," the Weinstein Company will include the warnings.

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