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Hollywood: Quit Pushing Smoking on Our Kids!

Target: Motion Picture Association of America
Sponsored by: AMA - Alliance

Research indicates that Hollywood recruits close to 390,000 new youth smokers each year. That's nearly enough new smokers to replace each and every American who dies of a tobacco-related illness during the same year!

Youths who are highly exposed to smoking in movies are three times more likely to start smoking than teens with little exposure. Luckily, the problem of tobacco in Hollywood has an answer: break the ties between the entertainment and tobacco industries by demanding that future youth-rated films be tobacco-free. Let the Motion Picture Association of America know that you want movies featuring on-screen smoking to be "R" rated!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 5,000

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Dear [Decision maker],

I am writing you today out of concern for the health and well-being of America's youth. Hollywood has a hold on young people the way that no other medium does. Youths, with the highest exposure to smoking in movies, are nearly three times more likely to start smoking themselves.

Smoking in movies is the most powerful pro-tobacco influence on kids today, accounting for more than one-third of all youths who start smoking. Add to this the knowledge that two out of every three G-, PG- and PG-13-rated movies include on-screen smoking or tobacco imagery.

Movies featuring on-screen smoking or tobacco imagery should be rated "R" unless it is determined that the presentation of tobacco clearly reflects the dangers of tobacco use or accurately portrays the smoking behavior of a historical figure.

[Your comment here]

Please do your part to end the influence of Big Tobacco on America's youth.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “Hollywood: Quit Pushing Smoking on Our Kids!” petition:

# 7,450:

11:21 am PDT, Aug 30, Thomas Lange, Oregon

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11:12 am PDT, Aug 30, Kayla Stefano, Georgia

# 7,448:

7:33 am PDT, Aug 30, Gin King, Florida

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6:59 am PDT, Aug 30, Lois Hemm, Florida
smoking kills. Keep smoking actors out of the movies.

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8:06 pm PDT, Aug 29, Sharla Stone, California

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7:50 pm PDT, Aug 29, MaryEllen Jirak, California

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7:23 pm PDT, Aug 29, John Stack, Texas

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6:16 pm PDT, Aug 29, Gilbert Canevari, Pennsylvania

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5:32 pm PDT, Aug 29, Joseph Sullivan, Montana

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3:53 pm PDT, Aug 29, Vasu Murti, California

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1:53 pm PDT, Aug 29, Emily Kopper, Kentucky

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1:24 pm PDT, Aug 29, Stella Gibson, Kentucky

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1:20 pm PDT, Aug 29, Mauricio Solorzano, Texas

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12:52 pm PDT, Aug 29, Shannon Orton, Iowa

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12:49 pm PDT, Aug 29, Sharon Pochron, New York

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12:49 pm PDT, Aug 29, Kristin Kirsch, Florida

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12:44 pm PDT, Aug 29, Cailleach Bheur, Vermont

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11:18 am PDT, Aug 29, Brett Olson, Florida

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6:43 pm PDT, Aug 28, Mary Moreau, California

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3:47 pm PDT, Aug 28, Krista Liebrum, Missouri
Nasty habbit.

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8:29 am PDT, Aug 28, Holly Sullivan, California

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8:20 am PDT, Aug 28, Megan Miller, Michigan

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6:22 pm PDT, Aug 27, Chyane Crowder, Tennessee

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12:07 pm PDT, Aug 27, Deb Lycans, Arizona

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7:21 am PDT, Aug 27, Samantha Cranwell, Australia

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5:10 am PDT, Aug 27, Brian McKnight, Florida

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11:29 pm PDT, Aug 26, Jordan Yeatts, Idaho

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8:11 pm PDT, Aug 26, Jessica Franco, New York

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3:02 pm PDT, Aug 26, Kelli Schwertfeger, California

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9:07 am PDT, Aug 26, Name not displayed, Illinois

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6:18 am PDT, Aug 26, Shawnamarie Murray MD, New Hampshire

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7:15 pm PDT, Aug 25, Carley B., New York

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5:07 pm PDT, Aug 25, Michelle Brown, Virginia

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3:52 am PDT, Aug 25, Magdalini Tsimpousli, Greece

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11:37 pm PDT, Aug 24, Jayne Riley, United Kingdom
Please think about how you influence vulnerable minds.

# 7,415:

11:07 pm PDT, Aug 24, Maria Luz Bustos Gutierrez, California

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10:44 pm PDT, Aug 24, Becky Smith, Ohio

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3:22 pm PDT, Aug 24, NELLIE URIBE, California

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1:27 pm PDT, Aug 24, Name not displayed, Australia

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11:33 am PDT, Aug 24, Denise Cygan, Connecticut

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9:45 am PDT, Aug 24, Juan Duran, Florida

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8:34 am PDT, Aug 24, Rhonda Schwarz, Montana
Yes, this needs to stop!

# 7,408:

5:19 am PDT, Aug 24, Santosh Das, India
Yes I agree with the Petition

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4:13 am PDT, Aug 24, Andrea De Nicolo, Italy

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3:36 am PDT, Aug 24, Eileen Reilly, New Jersey
outrageous!

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2:38 am PDT, Aug 24, Gigi Viloria, Philippines

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8:44 pm PDT, Aug 23, Stuart Collins, Texas
What happened?� It used to be that way~ ie NO SMOKING in movies or on TV

# 7,403:

8:20 pm PDT, Aug 23, Jasmine P, Washington
I am a teen, and I think smoking is wrong. But others my age may not be so lucky. They may be influenced by these movies! It's bad for their health! It causes addictions! It's just bad all over. Let them enjoy their movies without pushing smoking on them.

# 7,402:

5:49 pm PDT, Aug 23, Name not displayed, New Jersey

# 7,401:

5:39 pm PDT, Aug 23, Kristina Strickler, Kansas

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