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[UK] Research calls for stricter controls on tobacco on TV

UK children are being exposed to millions of tobacco images and messages every week on prime time television, according to new research at The University of Nottingham. Doctors and academics at the University-based UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies
HealthCanal.com
added Mar 12, 2013 13:19
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[UK] TV condemned over tobacco depiction

Showing cigarette brands on fictional TV shows is "unnecessary" and of "questionable legality", experts have said after they found that tobacco branding is "particularly common" in popular soap Coronation Street.
The Star / Sheffield Telegraph (uk)
added Mar 12, 2013 05:46
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Tobacco imagery on prime time UK television [FREE FULL TEXT]

Conclusions Television programming is a source of significant exposure of youth to tobacco imagery, before and after the watershed. Tobacco branding is particularly common in Coronation Street, a soap opera popular among youth audiences. More stringent
Tobacco Control
added Mar 12, 2013 05:32
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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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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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[UK] E-cigarettes: Will tighter ad rules send sector up in smoke?

But all that could be about to change when the Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) sets out its proposal for the future regulation of e-cigarettes, including whether tighter restrictions on advertising should be imposed. E-Lites, one
Marketing Week (uk)
added Mar 6, 2013 12:19
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[UK] Government's 'distressing' anti-smoking ad cleared

A Government anti-smoking advertisement showing a cancerous tumour growing on a cigarette as it’s smoked has been cleared by the advertising watchdog despite 165 complaints the spot was too graphic.
Marketing Week (uk)
added Mar 6, 2013 07:11
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[Minnesota] Shocking TV ads and other efforts aim to stop youth smoking

The Still a Problem television campaign uses a scary amusement park showing the ill effects of smoking to get its anti-smoking message across to kids.
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune
added Feb 24, 2013 20:58
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100 glorious years of Indian Cinema: Indian youth monitor tobacco imagery in Bollywood films!

In a unique ongoing monitoring campaign named ‘Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down’, HRIDAY (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) in technical collaboration with the University of California, has engaged school and college going youth from Delhi
Radioandmusic.com (iin)
added Feb 21, 2013 12:26
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[UK, UK-Wales] Smoking ban: Doctors say exemption 'won't help film industry'

Doctors' leaders in Wales claim there is no evidence the film and TV industry would benefit if actors were allowed to smoke in dramas. They have urged assembly members not to scrap a ban on smoking on set.
BBC Online
added Feb 21, 2013 11:56
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