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[Canada, USA] Every Dollar in Taxpayer Funding That the Provinces and Federal Government Gave to US Studio Films With Smoking Costs Canadians Healthcare $1.70 and Contributes to the Premature Death of Canadian

Every dollar ... to US studio films with smoking costs Canada $1.70 in tobacco related medical costs and productivity loss. The World Health Organization has made specific recommendations that all parties to the global Framework Convention on Tobacco Con
MarketWire
added Feb 25, 2013 11:40
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[Canada] Jack Knox: Sure, smoking is legal, but does it matter?

Maybe the stores won’t need a legislative shove to stop selling cigarettes. It’s not like there are that many smokers left anyway. In the mid-1960s, half of all Canadian adults lit up. Now, in B.C., it’s down to one in seven, the lowest rate in the land.
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist (ca)
added Feb 25, 2013 02:10
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[Canada] Smoking In The Movies Not Oscar Worthy

The health unit says parents can use the Oscars to talk to their kids about the dangers of smoking. Tobacco Control Manager Linda Stobo says movies that depict smoking can influence young adults into thinking smoking isn’t hazardous.
BlackburnNews.com (ca)
added Feb 23, 2013 22:09
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Four Critical Issues

1. How tobacco use is portrayed: When tobacco use in the movies and on television is portrayed as fun, exciting, sexy, rebellious or connected to wealth and power, it reinforces common advertising themes of the tobacco industry. While glamorizing toba
Scenesmoking.org (ALA-Emigrant Trails, CA)
added Feb 23, 2013 21:12
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Zero Dark Thirty / Stay away from the most dangerous addiction, tobacco. ...

Smoking Incidents: 50+ Where: Workplace Restaurant Bar/Nightclub
Scenesmoking.org (ALA-Emigrant Trails, CA)
added Feb 23, 2013 20:11
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The Hobbit under fire for pipe-smoking

Youth reviewers with the group — called Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails — picked The Hobbit as 2012’s Thumbs Down! Movie in its Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Project. “Director Peter Jackson decided pipe-smoking in the J.R.R. Tolkien
PostMedia News (ca)
added Feb 23, 2013 20:02
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[Canada] VIDEO: Group wants R-ratings slapped on movies with smoking

B.C. Healthy Living Alliance is pushing the government to slap an R rating onto any film that features heavy tobacco imagery.
Canadian Television (CTV) (ca)
added Feb 23, 2013 12:34
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[California] On Oscars Weekend, Urging Hollywood to Quit Smoking Onscreen and Off

representatives from GlaxoSmithKline ... are in Los Angeles for the Oscars this weekend. They'll be asking movie stars to pledge to quit smoking and providing them with the support they need to succeed.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added Feb 23, 2013 11:39
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[UK] BRITs gift bags included jewellery, sunglasses and cigarettes

As if that wasn't enough, unisex gifts consisted of a karaoke kit, headphones, a portable stereo system and a packet of electronic cigarettes. All that seems to be missing is a cuddly toy.
Gigwise (uk)
added Feb 21, 2013 19:01
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[New York] LETTER: Smoking in movies kills

visit Reality Check today to celebrate its Smoke-Free Movie Day. The group will have a free showing of "Escape from Planet Earth" at the Emerald Cinemas at noon and at the Johnstown MoviePlex at 4:30 p.m. People will get in on a first-come, first-served b
Gloversville (NY) Leader-Herald
added Feb 21, 2013 17:16
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