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- Title
Popular Films Do Not Reflect Current Tobacco Use.
- Authors
Russo Hazan, Anna; Lipton, Helene Levens; Glantz, Stanton A.
- Abstract
This study examined trends in tobacco use in a random sample of 2 of the 20 top-grossing US films each year from 1960 through 1990 (62 films). The overall rate of tobacco use did not change. Films continue to portray smokers as successful, attractive White males. Smoking groups became larger, smoking alone declined, hostility and stress reduction were increasingly associated with smoking, and smoking by minor characters increased. Although smoking among elite characters fell, it remained nearly three times as prevalent, as in actual population date during the 3 decades. Events involving young people more than doubled. Films do not accurately represent smoking in the United States.
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1994, Vol 84, Issue 6, p998
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.84.6.998