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ATTORNEYS GENERAL ASK MOVIE STUDIOS TO HEED HARVARD'S ADVICE TO REMOVE SMOKING FROM MOVIES ACCESSIBLE TO YOUTH  

Today, state attorneys general ("AGs") from around the country have once again approached the heads of Hollywood's major movie companies to request that they take significant steps to protect youth from exposure to smoking scenes on film, which can recruit up to 390,000 youth a year to smoke.

In letters to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), Screen Actors Guild and a handful of the largest movie companies, the AGs have urged the movie industry to adopt recommendations by the Harvard School of Public Health to remove smoking depictions from films accessible to youth.

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