Elephant In Exile

There was an interesting ad in the Wednesday edition of Roll Call. A full page spread calling on Congress to pass legislation that would make it mandatory that any motion picture that showed people smoking cigarettes be rated R. According to Smoke Free Movies (The group pushing this idea) their intent is that "Any film that shows or implies tobacco should be rated "R." The only exceptions should be when the presentation of tobacco clearly and unambiguously reflects the dangers and consequences of tobacco use or is necessary to represent smoking of a real historical figure" So Frosty the Snowman (with his corn cob pipe, would apparently be exempt. More info at: http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/solution/ Sadly, some people appear to have way too much time on their hands.