Will Smoking Scenes Trigger an R Rating in Movies?

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The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced that smoking will significantly influence movie ratings, similar to the impact of sex and violence. Films featuring "glamorized" or "pervasive" smoking may receive an R rating, prompting directors to reconsider the inclusion of smoking scenes. This change reflects a growing concern over the portrayal of smoking in media and its potential influence on audiences, particularly children.

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Directors may want to think twice the next time they want an actor to light up on screen, after the Motion Picture Association of America announced that smoking will now play a bigger role in determining the rating a movie earns.

Similar to sex or violence, the rating would be based on the amount of “glamorized” or “pervasive” smoking seen in a film. [continued]
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=69586

If smoking scenes will demand an R rating as does violence and sex, then I assume that the person would have to be smoking an entire pack at once, blowing smoke from every orifice in their body, chomping on a bale of chew, and wearing a nicotine suit in order to qualify? :smile:

I tend to think that we have a lot more to worry about from [the entertainment industry] than smoking scenes. How about if they stop killing 100 people an hour or whatever it is that is broadcast to our children daily.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
I tend to think that we have a lot more to worry about from [the entertainment industry] than smoking scenes. How about if they stop killing 100 people an hour or whatever it is that is broadcast to our children daily.
I know; seriously! We need to go more European on this.

Speaking of which, has anyone seen the documentary This Film is not Yet Rated?
 
Ivan Seeking said:
[I tend to think that we have a lot more to worry about from [the entertainment industry] than smoking scenes. How about if they stop killing 100 people an hour or whatever it is that is broadcast to our children daily.

Defiantly even though it flopped, the movie Ultraviolet seriously had a bad case of cord wood syndrome (the body's were piling up like cord wood) and it only had a PG-13 rating. Well maybe there going along the line of thought that smoking kills.
 
What idiot came up with this idea, and why does our society allow them to still live?

This is why we need public beatings on the steps of congress. (Rated PG13 -strong scenes of dumbassness)
 
if your kid is smoking just give them a good smack across the face for every cig they've ever smoked. that will teach them. :-p
 
This all reminds me of the folks who studied hospital language and decided that "strokes" should be called "brain attacks". Meanwhile, the hospital was short on respirators for babies.

Sometimes a little sense of balance goes a long way.