June 1, 2016

Stanton A. Glantz, PhD

Two summer movies tagged for smoking

Since 2007, the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system has labeled a small fraction (11%) of all the US top-grossing, youth-rated movies with tobacco. This week's rating bulletin recently announced two more films labeled for smoking:

The Magnificent Seven | "Rated PG-13 for extended and intense sequences of Western violence, and for historical smoking, some language and suggestive material."

Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke
Distributor: Sony
US release: 23 September 2016

 
Little Men | "Rated PG for thematic elements, smoking and some language."
Starring Greg Kinnear
Distributor: Magnolia/2929 Entertainment (independent)
US release: 5 August 2016
 
 
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History of MPAA smoking descriptors
Latest data on MPAA’s smoking descriptors
 
 
This post prepared by Jonathan Polansky and is cross-posted from the Smoke Free Movies blog at http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/blog/two-summer-movies-tagged-smoking

 

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