General Article The impact of smoking in films on young people

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Introduction

There is a growing body of evidence from studies in the UK, the USA and elsewhere which shows that exposing young audiences to on-screen smoking and tobacco imagery has a strong impact on smoking initiation.

A study of ten- to 14-ye...

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