http://www.scienceline.org/2006/09/11/health-klein-smoking/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:01:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.scienceline.org/2006/09/11/health-klein-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-121 James Sargent Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:46:17 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2006/09/11/health-klein-smoking/#comment-121 The statement by Kori Bernards is misleading. Much of what the Motion Picture Association rates is legal, for example, profanity (R-rating if the word "fuck" is used more than once in a non-sexual context). And there is nothing illegal about consensual sex among adults, which, if depicted in a movie gets it an R-rating. The public health activities are attempting to force the industry to be more rational about the ratings system from the standpoint of the health and well-being of the children and adolescents who see them and for whom the ratings system was developed. The statement by Kori Bernards is misleading. Much of what the Motion Picture Association rates is legal, for example, profanity (R-rating if the word “fuck” is used more than once in a non-sexual context). And there is nothing illegal about consensual sex among adults, which, if depicted in a movie gets it an R-rating. The public health activities are attempting to force the industry to be more rational about the ratings system from the standpoint of the health and well-being of the children and adolescents who see them and for whom the ratings system was developed.

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