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Friday, July 18, 2008

Hollywood urges kids to spurn smoking

Hollywood to kids: Our movies glamorize smoking, but don’t start yourself.

Six major studios will include anti-smoking announcements on millions of DVDs of motion pictures that include scenes with tobacco use.

The public service announcements will appear on films rated G, PG and PG-13.

The participating studios: Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures, Sony Corp.’s Sony Pictures Entertainment, News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros.

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