Smoking Ban in Bollywood Movies
(June 01, 2006)
After months of debate and indecision, the Health and
the Information and Broadcasting Ministries seemed to
have decided that smoking in movies is definitely bad
for India and have proposed a series of measures.<More>
Increased Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Addiction
(April 14, 2006)
A recent study found that peer pressure; surrogate
advertisements of cigarette and alcohol companies, and
movies are influencing high school and pre-university
youth in the 15-18 age group to abuse tobacco, drugs,
and alcohol.<More>
Bollywood Promotes Smoking (January 30, 2006)
A World Health Organization (WHO) study has shown that
the Hindi film industry’s support for smoking tobacco
usage has increased.<More>
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