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A study funded by funded by the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and the National Cancer Institute suggests strongly that smoking in films ought to draw an R-Rating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Never mind violence, even slap-stick violence. It’s more important to keep cigarettes out of the view of kids, suggest the authors.<\/p>\n

Nearly 80 percent of movies rated PG-13 feature some form of tobacco use, while 50 percent of G and PG rated films depict smoking, said Stanton Glantz, co-author of the study, which examined 775 U.S. movies over the past five years.<\/p>\n

Without the study in front of me, it’s unclear how rigorous they’re being in judging that. Is anyone, anywhere in the film smoking counted? Does that make sense?<\/p>\n

“No one is saying there should never be any smoking in the movies,” Glantz, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, said Tuesday at a press conference at Hollywood High School. “What we’re simply asking for is that smoking be treated by Hollywood as seriously as it treats offensive language.”<\/p>\n

It’s a lot easier for kids (the ones we’re trying to protect here, of course) to pick up swearing than smoking.<\/p>\n

He’d like to see more PG-13 movies that feature smoking \u2014 like “Matchstick Men,” “Seabiscuit” and the Oscar-winning “Chicago” \u2014 get slapped with an R rating.<\/p>\n

I didn’t see the first two, but … well, let’s see. Chicago <\/i>is based in the Depression Era, when a lot of folks smoked. Oops, sorry, historical realism is not (much) of a defense. Okay, Chicago <\/i>is full of implicit violence and mocks the justice system, the press, and the public. Oh, well, not enough to earn an R there. But smoking — well, heck, if only we got rid of that<\/i>, it would be perfectly <\/i>suitable for kids!<\/p>\n

Since R-rated films typically earn less money because they are not open to most teenagers, Glantz said he hoped such a policy would discourage filmmakers from depicting unnecessary smoking, such as the nicotine-addicted worm aliens in “Men in Black.”<\/p>\n

Right. Because so many kids are going to take up smoking because they saw creepy little nicotine-addicted worm aliens doing it. Of course. We need to watch out for kids being indoctrinated into thinking that the National Inquirer <\/i>is full of real news, too.<\/p>\n

A gracious exception is offered for films that include historical figures that smoke. As long, I suspect, as only those noteworthy folks did so, not others around them.<\/p>\n

Now, don’t get me wrong. I think smoking is a horrid and icky habit. I will do my damnedest to dissuade Katherine from ever taking it up.<\/p>\n

But, jeez, people, what next? R-Ratings for movies where people drive dangerously, or without seat belts? For movies where folks eat fatty food? Or drink a beer? Or carry a gun?<\/p>\n

When I see Brittney Spears starring in When My Boyfriend Smokes It Sure Makes Me Hot <\/i>at the local AMC, I’ll reconsider. In the meantime, just … don’t.<\/p>\n

(via ASV<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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