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Scientific article
Publication Date
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English

Country
Taiwan
Keywords
cinema
smoking
tobacco
adolescence
risk
unregulated exposure

Smoking in Films: Adolescents and Unregulated Exposure

In its latest Smoke-Free Movies Report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised governments that films featuring tobacco use ought to be classified for their adult content. Published in the journal Tobacco Control, a new study supports this recommendation, concluding that scenes of tobacco use are a ‘prevalent and potent risk factor for smoking initiation’ and that current controls may be inadequate in protecting teenagers and young adults from exposure to such images.

Click here to read the full article in Tobacco Control.