Smoking on screen has long had a complicated relationship with public health. In the early days of cinema, it was a symbol of rebellion, sex appeal, and cool confidence. But as smoking rates declined ...

Teenagers who watch films showing actors smoking are more likely to take it up, new UK research suggests. Experts who made the link by questioning 5,000 15-year-olds say their findings should prompt a ...

LOS ANGELES — Add cigarettes to the list of things that the family-friendly Walt Disney Co. has to figure out as it prepares to integrate the sharper-edged 20th Century Fox movie and television studio ...

LONDON -- Youngsters who watch movies in which actors smoke a lot are three times more likely to take up the habit than those exposed to less smoking onscreen, a new study of American adolescents ...

Director Nag Ashwin helmed one of the biggest hits of 2024, 'Kalki 2898 AD.' The filmmaker recently shared his perspective on filmmaking as both an art form and a social responsibility and why he ...

A long-running campaign to discourage the depiction of smoking in movies is paying off. There were far fewer incidents in 2010 than five years... Antismoking advocates have pressed movie makers to cut ...

ATLANTA - Three film companies have drastically reduced smoking in their movies aimed at children and teens, thanks in part to their policies to reduce on-screen tobacco use, a new study says. Over ...

An anti-smoking group in Liverpool wants films that feature smoking scenes to be automatically handed an 18 certificate. SmokeFree Liverpool told BBC Radio 5 Live that it had been pushing for the ...

ATLANTA, July 14 (Reuters) - Far fewer top-grossing U.S. films aimed at young audiences feature smoking scenes, a possible factor in the decline in cigarette use among middle and high school students, ...

The Federal Government has banned the promotion of money rituals, smoking and other vices in the film industry. Executive Director/CEO of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu ...