European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 15 got a Light and not so films that feature tobacco products times have changed since Humphrey Bogart lit up regularly in films like 1941s the maltese newsman Jonah Jameson actor Simmons puffs away in the spider Man and Tom wafts was one of Many smokers in the 2003 movie Coffee and Uma Thurman was a smoker in pulp clockwise from top left Columbia pictures United artists a Miramar films below Warner Independent pictures everyone lit up in Good and Good set in the 50s and about Chai smoker Edward smoking Paa to include tobacco when it rates movies by David Germain the associated press los Angeles smoking will be a bigger Factor in deter mining film the motion picture association of America said but critics said the move does not go far enough to discourage teens from taking up the Paa chairman Dan Glick Man said his groups ratings which previously had considered underage smoking in As signing film now will take into account smoking by As that adds smoking to a list of such factors As violence and language in determining the Maas r and nc17 film raters will consider the pervasiveness of tobacco whether it glamorize smoking and the context in which smok ing As in movies set in the past when smoking was More some critics of Hollywood depictions of tobacco in films have urged that movies that show smoking be assigned an r which would restrict those younger than 17 from seeing in glad its finally an Issue there taking but what there proposing does not go far enough and is not going to make a said Kori spokeswoman for breathe Calif by which opposes film images of tobacco use that might encourage Young people to Start Glickman said a mandatory r rating for smoking would not further the specific goal of pro Viding information to parents on this smoking in movies with a pm or pg13 rating has been on the and the percentage of films that included even a fleeting glimpse of smoking declined from 60 percent to 52 per cent Between july 2004 and july Glickman of those three fourths received an r rating for other he that Means theres not a great amount of films in the unrestricted category As it said Joan who Heads the ratings were not saying were ignoring the Titus said smoking in films had declined in recent years but remains More prevalent than Paa figures descriptions on violence and language that accompany movie ratings now will include such phrases As glamorized smoking or pervasive smok Glickman if rated a film such As 2005s Good and Good about Chai smoking newsman Edward would have carried a pervasive smoking tag but probably would have retained its pm rat ing because of its historical con text in the Graves Titus said film raters should be As Tough on smoking As they Are on bad language to minimize the effects of onscreen smoking on including her own 5yearold i dont want her using that but last time i Shes probably not going to die from Titus if she starts smoking from these images she sees in chances Are Shes probably going to die Early from while Titus group wants tougher ratings the Paa released statements of support for its plan from John chief executive officer of the american cancer Joe and filmmaker Rob among by placing smoking on a Par with considerations of violence and the rating Board has acknowledged the Public health dangers to children associated with glamorized images of a toxic and lethal addiction to to Barry Dean of the Harvard school of Public said in a divorces at lowest rate since the 70s by David Crary the associated press new York by the num divorce just int what it used to despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce the National per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its Peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since yet americans Arent necessarily making better choices about their Lon term even those who study marriage and work to make it More Success Ful cant decide whether the trend is grounds for Celebration or cynic some experts say relationships Are As unstable As Ever and divorces Are Down primarily be cause More couples live together without other re searchers have documented what they Call the divorce con tending that divorce rates Are in deed falling substantively among Colleg educated couples but not among Lesse Ducat de families with two earners with Good jobs have seen an improvement in their Standard of Liv which leads to less tension at Home and lower probability of i said Andrew a professor of Public policy at Johns Hopkins americas divorce rate began climbing in the late 1960s and sky rocketed during the 70s and Early As virtually every state adopted no fault divorce the rate peaked at divorces per people in but since then it has dropped by to that the Low est rate since Lover divorce rate divorce and annulment rates have declined since peaking in roughly one in five adults have divorced at least yearly divorce and annulment rates in 1920 2000 source National Center for a health statistics whats fueling that decline according to 20 mar ring promotion experts and divorce lawyers consulted by the associated a lot of the number of couples who live together without marrying has increased tenfold since 1960 the marriage rate has dropped by nearly 30 percent in past 25 years and americans Are waiting about five years longer to marry than they did in adding such factors Patrick Pagan of the conservative heritage foundation sees a bad cohabitation is very and when unmarried parents for the child it might As Well be a Pagan other Are heartened by what they View As the increased determination of Many couples to make marriage after 5 Kelly still waiting for his Day in court by Michael Tarm the associated press Chicago since being charged with child pornography five years ago for allegedly video taping sex acts with a Young teen Kelly has had six bestselling three nation wide a multitude of hits and awards but no a series of sometimes bizarre including a judges Tum ble from a ladder and a Case of a have delayed the 40yearold super stars trial far longer than the Kelly is due in a Chicago courtroom Friday for yet another status hear but theres still no trial Date in sight As he prepares to release a new album on May other celebrity including Michael have Long Kelly since begun and ended since Kellys and judging by How Long it usually takes such cases to run their Kellys trial should have finished years Legal observers five years is a Long said Michael a Chicago attorney with no links to Kellys while suspects have a right to demand a Swift there not obliged to ask for Kellys lawyers May figure that the delays have worked in their clients and not Only because Treyve Given him the Chance to keep working and Mak ing you May have a jury that going to come in and so this happened in the 1990s and this is 2007 in just not buying Hel Fand messages left for Kellys attorneys were not and prosecutors declined to the hit maker born Robert Sylvester Kelly was charged in 2002 after the tape was leaked to the Media and bootlegged copies hit the streets Kelly pleaded not guilty and has said he intends for his career to survive his Legal