To combat teen smoking, health experts recommend R ratings for movies that depict tobacco use

[rangerrebew]

To combat teen smoking, health experts recommend R ratings for movies that depict tobacco use
July 21, 2017 by Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
 

Public health experts have an unusual suggestion for reducing teen smoking: Give just about any movie that depicts tobacco use an automatic R rating.

If that were to happen, as many as 5.6 million kids who are alive today would be spared a tobacco habit that will ultimately lead to their death, according to the authors of a report published this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-combat-teen-health-experts-movies.html

[rangerrebew]

The all caring, all compassionate people of Hollyweird will never let it happen.  It would reduce their incomes too much.

[Free Vulcan]

Yeah myan, we gotta punish that evil tobacco weed myan. But that doobie weed, that s***s good for you myan, makes your lungs super strong myan!