Reality Check Presents
Smoke Free Movies
Event in NYC!
A press event to call an end to the promotion of tobacco use in youth-rated movies.
WHEN: June 1, 2009 @ 10:00 AM
WHERE: Merchant’s Gate
(East 59th St. & Central Park South)
Guest Speakers to include:
Barbara Zolty, World Health Organization
Dr. Stanton Glantz, University of California
Christine Morrison, Attorney General’s Office
Dr. Richard Daines, NYS Health Commissioner
Smoking in movies:
-Encourages youth to start smoking
-Undermines tobacco cessation and prevention efforts
-Prompts smokers to smoke
-Reduces current smokers desire to quit
For more information on smoke free movies, click on the links below:
http://www.nothanksbigtobacco.org/movies.html
No Thanks Big Tobacco Website
http://www.exposebigtobacco.com/movies.html
Expose Big Tobacco Website
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