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Smoking in Youth-Rated Movies Has Doubled Since 2010

A year after the U.S. Surgeon General announced that watching movies with characters who smoke causes kids to start smoking, new data show that smoking imagery has markedly increased in the movies that kids see most. Tobacco incidents in youth-rated film
Legacy.com
added Apr 10, 2013 08:28
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[Australia] The spin on smoking

As we know, it's perfectly acceptable in films these days for characters to use drugs or get drunk, but smoking is taboo. The last film I saw portraying smoking in a glamorous light was Good Night, and Good Luck, but in those days (the 1940s and 50s) smo
The Australian (au)
added Mar 15, 2013 14:45
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BMJ Journals: Kids exposed to millions of tobacco images/messages every week on prime time UK TV

UK children are being exposed to millions of tobacco images/messages every week on prime time television, indicates research published online in Tobacco Control. Smoking and other tobacco content frequently feature in films marketed to kids, which is kn
PoliticsHome (uk)
added Mar 11, 2013 08:21
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[Canada] Jack Knox: Sure, smoking is legal, but does it matter?

Maybe the stores won’t need a legislative shove to stop selling cigarettes. It’s not like there are that many smokers left anyway. In the mid-1960s, half of all Canadian adults lit up. Now, in B.C., it’s down to one in seven, the lowest rate in the land.
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist (ca)
added Feb 25, 2013 02:10
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Should Movies Be Rated R For Smoking?

What do you think—should smoking be banned from PG-13 films? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
PARADE Publications
added Jul 11, 2012 15:44
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Smoking Depicted in Movies Influences Younger Adolescents

JNCI J Natl Cancer Inst (2012) 104 (7): NP. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djs194
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
added May 16, 2012 05:57
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Why Selena Gomez Started Smoking

Hollywood Life (blog)
added May 8, 2012 15:19
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Tobacco's Role in Movies Falls, Alcohol's Rises

Master Settlement Agreement in 1998, tobacco brand appearances in top-grossing movies decreased 7% annually (95% CI 5.4%-8.7%) before leveling at 22 appearances a year after 2006, according to a study by James Sargent, MD, of Norris Cotton Cancer Center i
MedPage Today
added May 29, 2013 11:39
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[Wisconsin] MERTENS: When did smoking become R rated?

Milwaukee (WI) Journal-Sentinel
added Apr 7, 2013 01:01
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[UK] Children exposed to images of smoking

CHILDREN are being exposed to millions of tobacco images and messages every week on prime-time television, according to research at the University of Nottingham. Doctors and academics at the university-based UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies are cal
This is Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) (uk)
added Mar 11, 2013 17:58
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