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Movie, TV smoking scenes feel the heat

Award-winning Chinese movies have been criticized for containing too many smoking scenes. This sets a bad example for young viewers, according to a report on Tuesday by the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control. Blockbuster film Mr. Six, starring Feng Xiaogang, was given the "top ashtray prize" for the most smoking scenes of all domestically made films and TV series. The report, which covered 30 Chinese movies and 30 television series shown last year, said the two-hour Mr. Six has 102 smoking scenes. Another two films, The Dead End and The Hundred Regiments Offensive, contained 23 and 20 smoking scenes respectively. "Ashtray trophies" were presented for the movies but no one accepted t... [Read more]

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