Smoking in movies to affect ratings?

Alright so, I have done some research and have reached a conclusion.

I missed something at some point.

The Following is a excerpt from a USA Today article By Scott Bowles,

USA TODAY LOS ANGELES — Smoking isn't only bad for your health. If you're a filmmaker, it may be bad for your movie.

The Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday that it would scrutinize smoking more closely as part of its ratings criteria.

Underage smoking has always been considered behavior that could warrant a tougher rating, the MPAA said in its release. Now, "all smoking will be considered and depictions that glamorize smoking or ... feature pervasive smoking outside of an historic or other mitigating context" could warrant a more prohibitive rating, the organization said.

The MPAA has been under increasing fire to revamp its ratings criteria, particularly involving smoking. The San Francisco-based center Smoke Free Movies claims that movies are responsible for 5,000 smoking-related deaths a month that might have been prevented by an R rating. The group also says movies are responsible half of the 800,000 children a year who start smoking.

Or this little gem from a site for parents to review movies, this one from a review for the classic Disney flick 101 dalmatians

Talk about the movie with your family...

When this movie was made in 1961, portrayals of smoking were very common. What has changed to make such depictions politically incorrect? Do you think other kinds of behaviors shown in today's movies may go out of fashion in the future?

Alright so the whole anti smoking movement has lost its fucking mind.