Disney bans smoking in PG-13 films

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Disney bans smoking in future children's films

Disney has banned smoking in all future films rated PG 13.

The ban will include productions from Marvel, LucasFilm and Pixar, reports The Telegraph.

However, the ban will not apply to films which use smoking as an historical accuracy surrounding a real-life figure, such as Abraham Lincoln.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said: "We are extending our policy to prohibit smoking in movies across the board."

Clarifying the exception to the ban, he added: "For instance, we've been doing a movie on Abraham Lincoln, he was a smoker, and we would consider that acceptable.

"But in terms of any new characters that are created for any of those films, under any of those labels, we will absolutely prohibit smoking in any of those films."

Disney characters that have been shown smoking in the past include 101 Dalmatians villain Cruella De Vil, Alice in Wonderland's caterpillar and also Pinocchio.