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Jump to full article: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au), 2003-06-11
Intro: An anti-smoking group in Australia says a new study has confirmed its worst fears about a link between smoking in movies and teenage smoking in real-life. . .
The Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health, Anne Jones says the study results are worrying.
"We have I think even more reason now to be concerned about the huge increase which some studies from the US confirm. There's been a 50 per cent increase in smoking in teenage girl films, so I think it confirms our worst fears about the impact smoking in films is having on young people," she says.
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