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  • States ask Hollywood to cut film smoking

    08/27/2003 1:53:14 AM PDT · by kattracks · 13 replies · 255+ views
    AP | 8/27/03 | TIM MOLLOY
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys general from 24 states are asking the film industry to reduce the amount of smoking in films to prevent teens from taking up the habit. In a letter Tuesday, the attorneys cited a June study from Dartmouth Medical School that said children who watch movies in which actors smoke heavily are three times more likely to smoke themselves than those exposed to less smoking on-screen. The letter to Motion Picture Association of America President Jack Valenti did not offer any specific steps. "We're not saying any law has been broken," said Tom Dresslar, a spokesman...