http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/movies.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-13-2008/0004812290&EDATE= http://tobacco.org/news/265352.html Eugene Levy, comedic actor and star of dozens of blockbuster movies, appears in a new in-theater public service announcement released by the American Cancer Society, Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), and Will Rogers Institute that offers help to people who want to quit smoking. The goal is to reach millions of moviegoers across the country with this 30-second spot. Leading networks, Screenvision and National CineMedia, are running the PSA. Together, these networks reach thousands of movie screens and will reach millions of people across the country. To view this ad, please visit http://www.wrinstitute.org/. . . . Called Picture Quitting, the success rates of this custom-tailored quit smoking program is twice those of the national average. Visit http://www.eifoundation.org and http://www.hollywoodunfiltered.com. PR Newswire Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/people/e3i69de61b6be7b8a11465435a3d54afb82 http://tobacco.org/news/265267.html Eugene Levy will appear in a new in-theater public service announcement to be released Tuesday that offers help to people who want to quit smoking. Screenvision and National CineMedia are running the 30-second spot from the American Cancer Society, Entertainment Industry Foundation and Will Rogers Institute. Hollywood Reporter Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/11/stories/2008051155081000.htm http://tobacco.org/news/265078.html "I am responsible for the health of the nation" Tobacco and alcohol together make a perfect recipe for early death Creativity as an art should be used for improving lives instead of taking them Healthy criticism and freedom of speech, I always thought, were the strengths of a mature society. As an individual, I have always welcomed criticism - in fact accepted it graciously for it is a participatory process and helps improve performance. But criticism loses credibility when targeted against an individual only because he dares to speak courageously and with conviction against social evils. I have been a victim of this uncalled-for criticism. . . . I am just doing my duty as a Health Minister to protect the lives of millions of innocent young men and women who will be affected by these killers. I refuse to be cowed down by industry-sponsored campaigns and articles. The media too have an important role to play in creating awareness. I urge them to highlight the various achievements of the Health Ministry, which will help the Government to reach the people in a focussed manner. If the Health Minister should not address these issues, then who should? The Hindu Online India Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://americanlegacy.org/2361.aspx http://tobacco.org/news/265008.html Throughout the month of April and May, new elements from the truth® youth smoking prevention campaign will roll out online, on television, and in movie theaters. The latest truth® campaign, called the “Sunny Side of truth® ”, launched in January 2008; the campaign aims to shine a light on some of the activities of Big Tobacco and the health consequences of tobacco use by satirically pointing out some of the “hidden positives” associated with tobacco. “We know that today’s media-savvy teens look to TV, the Internet and popular entertainment to keep up with friends and get their daily information,” remarked Cheryl G. Healton American Legacy Foundation Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.cinematical.com/2008/05/06/the-cinematic-smoking-debate-heats-up-once-again/ http://tobacco.org/news/264805.html The Hollywood Reporter posts that the anti-tobacco American Legacy campaign is descending on the U.S. Capitol for an event this Thursday. There's no word on what this event will entail, other than some guests who include Jonathan Klein and Stephenie Foster, but the goal is to get Congress thinking about smoking on film. American Legacy says that 1/3 of all teens start smoking because of the movies, and that "the nearly 14 billion smoking images" they say young people see has contributed to "the nation's 40,000-person tobacco-related death toll." . . . I agree that smoking is a problem, but it seems like the movie industry is getting way too much of the blame -- and I say this as someone who hates smoking, is allergic, and wishes it didn't exist. I can't help but wonder: With this push to eradicate smoking on film, will old films fall victim at some point? Will their scenes full of the smoky haze of cigs only be allowed to screen on public stations late at night like those soft-core sex flicks? cinematical Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nbc6.net/slideshow/boredroom/15261349/detail.html?rss=ami&psp=news http://tobacco.org/news/264760.html Most Popular Slideshows NBC6 Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.ibnlive.com/news/get-govt-officials-to-quit-drinking-big-b-tells-ramadoss/64514-3.html http://tobacco.org/news/264740.html After Saif Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore, it was Amitabh Bachchan’s turn to take on Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. Bachchan has asked the minister to first ask Government officers to quit drinking and smoking before he expects the same from actors. Bachchan spoke his mind through his newfound love for blogging. Big B said that Ramadoss' campaign against smoking and drinking is over zealous. . . . “Could we dare to inquire whether you, being in governance, have considered first to ban this dreaded habit from all Government servants in the country," Bachchan said in his latest blog. However, he also said that the film industry will follow diligently if he brings about a law to ban smoking and drinking in films. CNN-IBN editor@ibnlive.com India Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/inc/quickread/e3i708afe7facc24ceba91c88f3f370f938?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=310&width=600 http://tobacco.org/news/264689.html The push to end smoking in the movies lights up Congress this week as the anti-tobacco American Legacy campaign plans to highlight their campaign in an event scheduled in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Hollywood Reporter Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200805061323.htm http://tobacco.org/news/264686.html Legendary music director Pyarelal of the Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo has joined the debate doing the rounds triggered by Union Health Minister remarks about keeping smoking and drinking scenes out of films. The music director says such a situation is impossible as the scripts demands such characters and imposing such restrictions would be tantamount to limiting artistic creativity. "If an actor is playing the role of a crook, how can you expect that a devotional song will be picturised on him without a cigarette or alcohol in his hand? I think that will limit the creativity of the writer or director,"says Prarelal. The Hindu Online India Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/opinion/middayreaders/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1113904&_EXT_5_groupId=14 http://tobacco.org/news/264571.html MyNews readers say censor board chief’s criticism of Ramadoss’s stand against smoking and drinking scenes on screen is unfair Censor board chief Sharmila Tagore should be sacked from her post for her unfair criticism of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who raised the issue of drinking and smoking scenes on the big screen. Mid-day.com subhashmadhu@sify.com (Author: Midday Readers) India Sat, 03 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/arts/design/26chan.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=smoking&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin http://tobacco.org/news/264088.html Few things say serious art like a darkened gallery and multiple video screens, which makes Marian Goodman one of the most serious galleries in town. In side-by-side solo shows through Wednesday, it is screening new work by two prominent artists in the cinematic medium, Chantal Akerman and Eija-Liisa Ahtila. . . . Ms. Akerman bites off less and chews it more thoroughly. If anything, she is underreaching with “Women From Antwerp in November, 2007,” which appears on a band of five relatively small screens. Each shows one woman — occasionally, two or three — smoking. At times they are in a bar, but more often they are outside, at night. They walk along sidewalks, hang out on street corners, sit reading in parks, struggle with matches in the rain, weave home drunkenly, pass out or doze off. Smoke swirls. There are moments of tears and laughter. Best scene: in a bar one woman takes a cigarette from the mouth of another, uses it to light her own and puts it back. That everyone is trim, great-looking and exceptionally stylish makes “Women of Antwerp” seem like a compilation of smoking moments from other movies; practice shots by a fashion photographer who wants to direct; or overproduced, Europeanized film versions of Cindy Sherman’s early work. . . . Video art by Chantal Akerman and Eija Liisa Ahtila is on view through Wednesday at Marian Goodman Gallery, 24 West 57th Street, Manhattan; (212) 977-7160. New York Times Netherlands Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=51252 http://tobacco.org/news/263951.html New Bond babe Gemma Arterton has revealed that filming sex scenes with actor Mackenzie Crook in their latest flick Three and Out was so petrifying that they had to turn to smoking to get through it. The actress, who is currently filming the new Bond film Quantum of Solace, said that she was so petrified during the filming that the duo had to go for a fag in between shots. "It was petrifying. I think it's one of the hardest things I've ever done. It was my first love scene so it was terrifying. We both got through it by smoking away in between each take," The Sun quoted Gemma, as saying. New Kerala.com Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://newsblaze.com/story/20080417064744tsop.nb/newsblaze/ENVIRONM/Environment.html http://tobacco.org/news/263757.html "We will seek justice in the honourable High Court of Bombay" said Dr Shekhar Salkar, General Secretary of National Organization for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE). "Mr.Amitabh Bachchan was clearly shown smoking a cigar [in 'Family' film] in all the display-hoardings prominently. This amounts to clear and unambiguous breach of the law prevalent within the state and the country. However the session court did not appreciate the view of NOTE India, thereby absolving the respondents of the charges" added Dr Salkar. In March 2008, the Sessions Judge, North Goa, Mr U V Bakre had quashed the legal proceeding against Amitabh Bachchan, chairman of Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL), for smoking cigar on-screen in 'Family' film. The sessions' Court had also quashed the process issued against Mr Keshu Ramsay and M/s DMS Film Pvt Ltd. These hoardings, showing Amitabh smoking a cigar, were in gross violation of The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulations of the Trade and Commerce, Production Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 and under Section 7 of the Goa Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting Act, 1997. NewsBlaze bobbyramakant@yahoo.com (bobby ramakant) India Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/wife-indicted-for-killing-husband-with-secondhand-tobacco-smoke-criminal-prosecution-prompted-by-son-s-complaint-to-d-r545859.htm http://tobacco.org/news/263719.html A wife has been indicted for killing her husband by causing him to contract fatal lung cancer after subjecting him to tobacco smoke for thirty years, and the District Attorney is pursuing the case at the urging of the couple's adult son. That is the plot of a controversial new film titled 'The Pack' which is raising intriguing, emotional, and complicated questions about choice, individual responsibility, and the scope of criminal law. biz.yahoo.com/iw/080416/0387416.html PR Insider Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/wife-indicted-for-killing-husband-with-r545859.htm http://tobacco.org/news/263579.html A wife has been indicted for killing her husband by causing him to contract fatal lung cancer after subjecting him to tobacco smoke for thirty years, and the District Attorney is pursuing the case at the urging of the couple's adult son. That is the plot of a controversial new film titled 'The Pack' which is raising intriguing, emotional, and complicated questions about choice, individual responsibility, and the scope of criminal law. . . . As the evidence that secondhand tobacco smoke kills tens of thousands of Americans each year multiplies, the potential for civil - and possibly even criminal - liability for subjecting other people to it grows, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), America's first antismoking organization. PR Insider Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT