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[NFS4]

Searched for cigarettes and smoking so if it's a repost, sorry.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=entertainment&id=5297717

MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman said his group's ratings board, which previously had considered underage smoking in assigning film ratings, now will take into account smoking by adults, as well.

That adds smoking to a list of such factors as sex, violence and language in determining the MPAA's G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 ratings.

Film raters will consider the pervasiveness of tobacco use, whether it glamorizes smoking and the context in which smoking appears, as in movies set in the past when smoking was more common.

Some critics of Hollywood's depictions of tobacco in films have urged that movies that show smoking be assigned an R rating, which would restrict those younger than 17 from seeing them.

"I'm glad it's finally an issue they're taking up, but what they're proposing does not go far enough and is not going to make a difference," said Kori Titus, spokeswoman for Breathe California, which opposes film images of tobacco use that might encourage young people to start smoking.

Glickman said a mandatory R rating for smoking would not "further the specific goal of providing information to parents on this issue."

I hate smoking as much as the next person and think it's incredibly stupid, but this is going a bit too far IMHO

 

[tfinch2]

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[Mucho]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
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From The Ace Reporter no less 🙂

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
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link? I searched for smoking and cigarettes

 

[StageLeft]

You're right, it's total nonsense. I've a great deal of superior condemnation for smokers as it is an egregious thing to take part in, but calling a film R because of it is asinine. If that's the case, how can we allow people to smoke in public if it's so darned offensive?

 

[irishScott]

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[Motek]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
You're right, it's total nonsense. I've a great deal of superior condemnation for smokers as it is an egregious thing to take part in, but calling a film R because of it is asinine. If that's the case, how can we allow people to smoke in public if it's so darned offensive?

That's also going to be banned soon, at least in my country (England).

 

[GPett]

Not only that.. but smoking on broadcast TV is a big FCC fine.

In my opinion this country is too hung up on issue like smoking, sex, and violence in the media.

We should use these examples to educate people. Because if you shelter people they are incapable of making good decisions. If you educate people on the major issues then they are better equipped to make good decisions.

That is the downfall of the USA. They are too hellbent on eliminating anything controvercial so they can avoid the topic of discussion. But, if you avoid talking about real issues then there is no way people can learn form them in a meaningful way.

The more adult societies welcome controvercy and talk about it and debate it so that the population understands the subjects.

For example: Most of the USA population does not understand that caloric intake that exceeds caloric expendature leads to increased mass.

What does it have in common? The fact that important topics are not discussed in society and are pushed under the rug leads to ignorant people.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: NFS4

I hate smoking as much as the next person and think it's incredibly stupid, but this is going a bit too far IMHO

Also, as soon as you make smoking taboo and mysterious, worthy of an R rating, you're going to have a lot of kids doing it just to be cool.