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Health Groups Fume at Hollywood's Continued Taste for Smoking

Health groups are fuming at Hollywood's continued taste for smoking. A new study by the American Medical Association Alliance, the volunteer branch of the AMA, finds that over the past six years more than half of the movies geared toward children feature characters smoking. In more than a quarter of the movies, actors light up cigars. And officials say the Motion Picture Association of America has failed to deliver on its vow last year to weigh smoking in the ratings process. Among the latest... Full Story
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