LIVERPOOL council has launched an online consultation into plans to impose 18 certificates on films which show people smoking.
Council chiefs said the measure would mean films which include images of tobacco smoking would only be regarded as suitable for adult viewing.
The 18 rating would not apply to films which portray historical figures who actually smoked or those which provide a “clear and unambiguous portrayal of the dangers of smoking, other tobacco use, or second-hand smoke”.
The proposal has been made to the authority’s Licensing and Gambling Committee by Liverpool Primary Care Trust.
Cllr Malcolm Kelly, chairman of the Licensing Committee, said: “I would urge as many people as possible to take part as we want to get a broad range of opinions before we make a decision on this subject.”
VISIT www. liverpool.gov.uk/smokinginfilms
