News tagged with movie smoking

Study: Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies

(AP) -- A new study shows that there's less smoking depicted in movies in recent years.

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created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines movie smoking exposure and team sport participation in youth established smoking

Participating in team sports is associated with a reduced likelihood of youths becoming established smokers, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journa ...

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created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same

Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is tit ...

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Kids who watch R-rated movies are more likely to smoke

A new study finds that kids who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are much more likely to believe it's easy to get a cigarette than those who aren't allowed to watch such films.

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2