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• Smoking-in-films rating rejected 

Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2009-11-30

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Proposals to give automatic 18 ratings to films shown in Liverpool which feature smoking characters have been rejected by councillors.

Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) had wanted young people banned from seeing onscreen smoking because of research suggesting it influenced children.

But a public consultation found little support for the idea and cinema owners felt it would affect business.

Liverpool council's Licensing Committee has recommended the idea is rejected.

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