Disney bans smoking in all their family movies - GoFuckYourself.com

SykkBoy · 07-26-2007, 03:11 PM

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Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday became the first major Hollywood studio to ban depictions of smoking, saying there would be no smoking in its family-oriented, Disney-branded films and it would "discourage" it in films distributed by its Touchstone and Miramax labels.

Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger also said in a letter to U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, whose committee last month held hearings on the effects of movie images on children, that the studio would place anti-smoking public service announcements on DVDs of any future films that feature cigarette smoking.

He said the company would encourage theater owners to show screen anti-smoking public service announcements, or PSAs, before such films.

Iger cautioned, however, that "cigarette smoking is a unique problem and this PSA effort is not a precedent for any other issue."

Markey described Disney's commitment as "groundbreaking" and urged other studios to follow suit.

Dr. Cheryl Healton, president and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation, commended Disney's move but said the studio left "some ambiguity about what would happen in relation to Touchstone and Miramax."

Research cited by American Legacy, a nonprofit created out of landmark litigation between the tobacco industry and states attorneys general, shows that 90 percent of all films depict smoking and children with the highest exposure to smoking in movies were nearly three times more likely to start smoking.

Tobacco is featured in three-quarters of G, PG and PG-13 rated movies and 90 percent of R-rated movies, the studies showed.

The independent Weinstein Co. already is using PSAs produced by American Legacy ahead of its films that depict smoking, Healton said.

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/2...539394400.html

I wonder if they'll now go back and get rid of depictions of smoking in their older movies?

Deputy Chief Command · 07-26-2007, 04:10 PM

and how about hardcore anal sex ? ? are they still down with that ?

SykkBoy · 07-26-2007, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Deputy Chief Command

and how about hardcore anal sex ? ? are they still down with that ?

not sure about that but i know that Donald Duck still doesn't wear any pants....

KBoogie · 07-26-2007, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Deputy Chief Command

and how about hardcore anal sex ? ? are they still down with that ?

LMAO!!!

D · 07-26-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Deputy Chief Command

and how about hardcore anal sex ? ? are they still down with that ?

fuzebox · 07-26-2007, 05:30 PM

There's tons of great characters that smoked in the classic Disney movies, especially the villains... Cruella de Ville would be nothing without her cigarette holder, and the Great Mouse Detective had to have his sherlock Holmes-esque pipe... The poacher in Rescuers Down Under wouldn't look right without a cigar...

I don't see the problem of them making smoking an attribute for the villain characters. Shrug.

Silvercash Tess · 07-26-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox

There's tons of great characters that smoked in the classic Disney movies, especially the villains... Cruella de Ville would be nothing without her cigarette holder, and the Great Mouse Detective had to have his sherlock Holmes-esque pipe... The poacher in Rescuers Down Under wouldn't look right without a cigar...

I don't see the problem of them making smoking an attribute for the villain characters. Shrug.

Exactly.

madawgz · 07-26-2007, 05:39 PM

i guess thats a good thing...

BusterBunny · 07-26-2007, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SykkBoy2

not sure about that but i know that Donald Duck still doesn't wear any pants....

SykkBoy · 07-27-2007, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox

There's tons of great characters that smoked in the classic Disney movies, especially the villains... Cruella de Ville would be nothing without her cigarette holder, and the Great Mouse Detective had to have his sherlock Holmes-esque pipe... The poacher in Rescuers Down Under wouldn't look right without a cigar...

I don't see the problem of them making smoking an attribute for the villain characters. Shrug.

Yup, would likely be better to show it as a villian trait then just outright ban it overall

I wonder if this also means we'll start seeing "All New Non-Smoking Edition" Disney DVDs with all of the old smoking scenes changed/edited out...now the villains will chew gum or hold little sticks of beef jerky....

royaljelly2 · 07-27-2007, 07:39 AM

ahhh well - not like seeing smoking will encourage kids to smoke.
What ever, too careful these days man!

tranza · 07-27-2007, 07:39 AM

That's a good move on them...

Scott McD · 07-27-2007, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by SykkBoy2

I wonder if this also means we'll start seeing "All New Non-Smoking Edition" Disney DVDs with all of the old smoking scenes changed/edited out...

Like the Star Wars Special Editions.
Remember kids, Han shoots first...

dcortez · 07-27-2007, 08:01 AM

I wonder if the kids working in their third world sweat shops are still allowed to smoke?

Sarah_Jayne · 07-27-2007, 08:03 AM

Their films..their rules.

Though, I don't really think I will find myself sitting in a film and thinking 'you know, this kids movie really could use some smoking.'

SykkBoy · 07-27-2007, 08:08 AM

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Their films..their rules.

Though, I don't really think I will find myself sitting in a film and thinking 'you know, this kids movie really could use some smoking.'

Agreed, but I find it odd that they have to make such a big deal about banning it...

Emil · 07-27-2007, 08:35 AM

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