“Each time the industry releases another movie that depicts smoking, it does so with the full knowledge it will bring harm to children who watch it,” the letter said. Smoking in movies is a negative influence on young people, the attorneys general argue.
They asked movie executives to adopt corporate policies to eliminate tobacco depictions in youth-rated movies, include anti-tobacco spots on future DVDs of films that depict smoking, and certify in movie credits that no payoffs were made in connection with any tobacco imagery that might be in the film.
DeWine spokesman Dan Tierney said this is the first time Ohio has joined other attorneys general to make an anti-tobacco request of movie makers.
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