The World Health Organization is calling on governments to rate movies that portray tobacco use in a bid to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of ...

LOS ANGELES -- Cigar-loving Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that children need to be warned often about the health dangers of smoking, but Hollywood shouldn't feel pressured to cleanse ...

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 ...

Smoking on film has declined since 2005, but cigarettes are still featured in far too many films, according to a new report. The common practice could influence young people to smoke and should be ...

The attorneys general of 24 states sent a letter Tuesday to Motion Picture Assn. of America president Jack Valenti saying the industry should reduce the amount of smoking in films to prevent teens ...