"Among young adults who had never used e-cigarettes, we found a significant effect of cartoon-based marketing on their likelihood of using the products in the future," said Jon-Patrick Allem ...

The regulator's latest news bulletin said a viewer, who was not identified, had complained about two smoking scenes on Tom and Jerry, saying they "were not appropriate in a cartoon aimed at children".

The classic Cartoon Channel Boomerang has agreed to cut scenes from Tom and Jerry cartoons showing characters smoking. A British media watchdog complained about cartoons like this one. (Soundbite ...

MOSCOW - He's been battered and humiliated for more than 40 years, but the wolf in a classic Russian animated cartoon has skirted the indignity of having to drop his smoking habit. Russian media ...

Turner Broadcasting says it will go through more than 1,500 Hanna-Barbera cartoon classics, including The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo, to edit out scenes that glamorize smoking. Turner Broadcasting ...

The regulator’s latest news bulletin stated that a viewer, who was not identified, had complained about two smoking scenes on Tom and Jerry, saying they “were not appropriate in a cartoon ...

LONDON – A British TV channel is snuffing out smoking from classic children's cartoons after a viewer complaint about episodes of "Tom and Jerry." Children's channel Boomerang said Tuesday it ...

Research appears to be unequivocal about the effect of these ... said she thought the smoking fitted the gritty genre and would be more worrisome if the film weren't a cartoon.

Russian news reports this week speculated that a law on protecting children that takes effect on Saturday could require extensive cutting of episodes of the cartoon 'Nu Pogodi' because the ...

The Turkish government has fined a television channel for airing an episode of the Tintin cartoon that illegally showed criminal gang members smoking. Tintin, the fictional boy detective created ...