How does tobacco use affect ESRB ratings? With that question in mind, we've found some very interesting info regarding tobacco use in games. Curmudgeon Gamer collected some numbers, and found out that 29 out of 141 games that have tobacco use got an E rating. 18 of these are E10+ games, 91 are T, and only 3 are given with an M rating.

Apparently, games that are supposed to be for everyone can contain tobacco or alcohol use or references. On the other hand, 75% of movies with "even a fleeting glimpse of smoking" are rated R, equivalent of ESRB's M. This raises the question: How does tobacco use affect ESRB rating?

According to The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO, movies that got rated R generally received that rating for other reasons. Well, it would be pretty interesting if an animated movie like Shrek got R for smoking. Seems like it's different when it comes to video games since more E games that are aimed for everyone including young audiences, have alcohol and tobacco use or references than games geared for mature audiences.