jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Could the other major motion picture companies follow? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19955109/ LOS ANGELES - 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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorcoreskin Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Let us voyage back through time, to the tailgate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Lloyd Christmas Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 even though this is in the wrong forum, this will only happen with disney. it would be completely retarded to try and take smoking out of all movies. how ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFaninOKC Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 The football message boards most prolific poster put this here on accident??? No way. Or did he?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 The football message boards most prolific poster put this here on accident??? No way. Or did he?? :doh: :doh: :doh: dam my bad that chinese food i had messed me up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorcoreskin Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 The football message boards most prolific poster put this here on accident??? No way. Or did he?? Maybe this is his enfant way of being a provocateur. oui oui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 wait is Disney producing a film about the Redskins??? or is this a Tom Cruise/ Dan Snyder production?? oops Wrong forum jbooma like seeing the first cardinal to signify spring is at hand...... a silly mistake by jbooma that makes him look foolish, the first sign of the new football season is beginning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Maybe this is his enfant way of being a provocateur. oui oui. which is as funny as your username Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 The football message boards most prolific poster put this here on accident??? No way. Or did he?? second most prolific poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 a silly mistake by jbooma that makes him look foolish, the first sign of the new football season is beginning 2 more days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 second most prolific poster the tailgate has been killing me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tastes Like Chicken Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 this is like when a master gourmet chef mixes up the salt with the sugar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorcoreskin Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 which is as funny as your username I never realized my username was so humorous. I now see the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFaninOKC Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 :doh: :doh: :doh: dam my bad that chinese food i had messed me up How does flavored cardboard taste??? :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 How does flavored cardboard taste??? :puke: now don't get me wrong there is some very good chinese food, just today it was not that day :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorcoreskin Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 How does flavored cardboard taste??? :puke: Since it's coated with MSG, he'll never know the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatSkins27 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 maybe it will apply to ESPN productions because Disney is their parent compnay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Now what is Mickey going to do for a drag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFaninOKC Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 second most prolific poster HOLY CRAP!!! 57,000 and counting. That must be some kind of steriod induced record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 HOLY CRAP!!!57,000 and counting. That must be some kind of steriod induced record. how did you know Bubba was using the "clear" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 :doh: :doh: :doh: dam my bad that chinese food i had messed me up the worst part... an hour later you will make another mistake posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poidog22 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 When I saw "Disney" and "ban" in this forum I thought that they were going to ban all images associated with the Redskins. Then I realized that this post was in the wrong forum. I don't really care either way about the smoking ban, but I suppose that Disney's target audience may be influenced by what they see or don't see on the big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 the worst part... an hour later you will make another mistake posting you want to put your money where your mouth is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 HOLY CRAP!!!57,000 and counting. That must be some kind of steriod induced record. what can I say.. I am a posting god seriously though, being the news guy, and the resident homer, it wasn't hard to add post count, posting articles, and fighting with Poke, Eagle and giant fans in ATN.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Now what is Mickey going to do for a drag? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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