Photo: #Actor Aaron Eckhart, co-star of the Jason Reitman film "Thank You For Smoking," pauses for photographs after introducing the film to an audience on February 25, 2006 in Washington, DC.
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Actor Aaron Eckhart, co-star of the Jason Reitman film "Thank You For Smoking," pauses for photographs after introducing the film to an audience on February 25, 2006 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Greenberg/Getty Images)

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Smoke, mirrors, and the silver screen

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/20/2006, 10:06 a.m.

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Are the days of chain-smoking heroes on the big screen back in Hollywood? Some experts are calling for a change in film rating systems to protect kids from cigarette smoking.

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  • Stanton Glantz: Professor of medicine, and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California San Francisco.
  • Jospeh Martyak: The American Legacy Foundation's executive vice president for marketing, communications and public policy.

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