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Films with smoking content should be rated 18A to protect kids, group says - Winnipeg Free Press

TORONTO - A coalition of tobacco-control advocates is calling on the Ontario Film Review Board to toughen its rating for films that contain smoking-related scenes to keep young people from taking up the addictive habit. The group wants the OFRB to designate any new movie that contains tobacco use as 18A, which would require anyone under age 18 to be accompanied by an adult. In the Maritimes and Manitoba, an 18A rating also means children under 14 are prohibited from viewing the film. "In Ontario, 90 per cent of the top-grossing movies are all rated for children and teens," said Lorraine Fry, executive director of the Non-Smokers' Rights Association. Movies now in theatres that contain smo... [Read more]

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