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Lawmakers Seek Cigarette-Type Warning Labels on Games

January 12 2009, 6:51pm

Los Angeles - A new bill in the House sponsored by a pair of bipartisan lawmakers would affix cigarette-type warning labels to video games with a "Teen" rating or higher, GamePolitics reported, citing the San Bernardino Sun. Reps. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) and Frank Wolf (R-Va.) are co-sponsoring the Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2009, which would create a new rule within the Consumer Product Safety Commission adding a label reading "WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior" to certain titles.read more

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