Anti-smoking researcher calls on R-rating for movie smoking

Posted 3/14/04

LOS ANGELES – If Nicolas Cage lights a cigarette in a movie, Hollywood's ratings board should respond as if he used a profanity, according to authors of a new study that criticizes glamorous images of smoking in movies rated for children under …

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