Analysis

44 Percent of Adolescents Who Start Smoking Do So Because Of Smoking Images They Have Seen In The Movies

One Familiar Letter – R – Could Dramatically Reduce Youth Smoking

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2014.  As viewers around the world prepare to tune in for Sunday’s 86th annual Academy Awards honoring achievements in the film industry, the public health community is drawing attention to new data concluding that by eliminating tobacco imagery in youth-rated movies, youth smoking rates could decline by an estimated 18 percent.

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Incidents of smoking in youth-rated films have doubled between 2010…

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