Films that depict actors smoking cigarettes should carry the same age classification as those containing graphic sex and violence, according to experts.

据报道，有演员抽烟的情节的电影要和包含性、暴力情节的电影划在同一年龄限制等级下。

The claim comes after a new study revealed that teenagers are more likely to take up the deadly habit after watching movies which glamorise smoking.

这项规定源于一项新的研究，研究显示青年人更可能在看完那些美化吸烟的电影后产生抽烟这种致命的坏习惯。

Researchers from the University of Bristol found that 15-year-olds who saw the most films showing actors puffing on a cigarette were 73 per cent more likely to have tried one than those who has seen the least. They were also almost 50 per cent more likely to be a current smoker than those least exposed.

来自布里斯托大学的研究人员发现，15岁的青年人在观看过大多数有演员吸烟镜头的电影后，73%的人会想去模仿，这比那些没有看过的人比例高出很多。与接触过更少的抽烟镜头的人相比，他们中的50%更愿意做个现时吸烟者。

The UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies has called on the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and the Government to review their policies on film classification, arguing that under-18s need to be protected from potentially harmful imagery.

英国烟草控制研究中心曾要求英国电影分级委员会和政府重新审视他们对于电影分级的政策，尤其是讨论要保护18岁以下的青少年不受潜在有害形象的危害。

Dr Andrea Waylen, who led the medical research, said: "More than half the films shown in the UK that contain smoking are rated UK15 or below, so children and young teenagers are clearly exposed. Our results confirm an association between this exposure and youth smoking in this country, indicating that raising the certification to 18 in the UK is likely to lower smoking rates among youth."

领导这一医疗研究的安德里亚·韦伦博士说：“在英国，包含吸烟镜头的电影一半以上都在UK15级（英国电影分级中的一级，适合15岁以上人士观看）或其以下，所以儿童和青少年很容易接触到这些镜头。”我们的结果确认了这种接触与该国年轻吸烟者之间的联系。其表明如果将等级增加到18级，年轻人吸烟的比率很有可能降低。”

Such a policy would also make the movie ratings system consistent with the ban on tobacco advertising in all other media.

这一政策也使电影分级系统与“禁止烟草广告出现于其他任何媒体”的禁令相一致。

It was nice that David Cooke, the BBFC director, had said: "Glamorising smoking has been included as a classification issue in our published classification guidelines."

值得高兴的是，英国电影分级委员会主管大卫·库克已表示：“是否美化吸烟现已成为我们的出版分类准侧之一。”