U.S.: Nanny state: People up in arms about the smoking in “Rango”
- 100+ number of scenes where characters smoke in the just-released animated flick “Rango”
- 60 number of smoking scenes in “101 Dalmations,” the only other animated film that comes close source
- » Won’t someone please think of the CHILD-REN?! Some groups are coming out against the Johnny Depp film as a result, saying that there are so many scenes of characters smoking in “Rango,” they need a DVD to get a firm number. “A lot of kids are going to start smoking because of this movie,” said Stanton Glantz, an anti-tobacco activist and official at the University of California-San Francisco. While they have a point, is it really worth all this hand-wringing?