Health

WHO fight against glamorization of smoking in the movies

02/05/2016

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Organization calls for adult rating on the images containing smokers -

Did you know that the WHO (World Health Organization) carries a report about displaying scenes with cigarette in premium films? Yeah! Published this week, the third of the campaign against the film documents tobacco glamorization showed that progress has been made since 2009, but says "we need to go further."

One of WHO's main focus now is the US film industry, which shows smoke in 36% of films released for children under 18 years. The most recent data, which accounted for the Hollywood productions in 2014, indicate that 44% of all the movies show tobacco use.

The Organization believes that reduce the visual display of the presence of smoking can delay the onset of this habit, as well as the diseases associated with it.

"For adults"

Another WHO struggle is for all member countries to use a certification system that classifies "adult" films and television series with smoking scenes.

According to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control in the United States, 6 million adolescents began smoking in 2014 after being exposed to smoking scenes and, of those, two million will die of diseases related to tobacco consumption.

Latin America is affected

According to the new report, the constant presence of smoke in Hollywood, however, not only harms the US. It particularly affects Latin America, where about 80% of blockbusters are still American films.

Sources: G1 / NovidadeNew 

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