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From New York to New Zealand, from Bollywood to Hollywood, parents around the world say the film industry fails our kids.
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Hollywood movies are exporting tobacco addiction worldwide. Dowload a FREE guide to developing your national smokefree movie policy! |
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The
next International Week of Action is
February 14-21, 2009, leading up to Hollywood's Academy
Awards.
There’s
no better time for parents and young people around the
world to tell the film industry to stop doing the tobacco
industry’s dirty work. Press events, education
at theaters and DVD retailers, civic resolutions, and
personal letters to major US studios and their corporate
owners all send the message: Stop toxic movies. Smoking
in movies kills in real life.
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Write
the studios and their corporate owners.
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Sign the online global
petition.
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Explore this web site for facts and action strategies.
Theater slides, newspaper ads and rolling billboards mark 2006 International Day of Action.
What kids around the world are saying! "Whole
World is Watching" video | Windows
Media | Quicktime
| Real | (8 mb) Cameras took to the
streets around the globe to capture the feelings of
the largest generation in world history. It’s
raw. It’s real.
GLOBAL REPORTS
• World Health Organization (WHO) supports Smoke Free Movies worldwide.
• New Indian study finds smoking exploded and display of Philip Morris and BAT brands almost tripled in Bollywood films after India banned tobacco ads in other media.
• Time Warner films promoted British American Tobacco (BAT) in Nigeria | 1 | 2
• How Philip Morris used film placement to open Japanese market.
“Taking It to Hollywood: International Day of Action 2005” video! Two rolling billboards hit the streets at the 2005 Oscars ®. L.A. County public health director Jonathan Fielding, MD, tells it straight. Are the studios listening? | Windows Media | Quicktime | Real | (7 mb)
 
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