Exposure to Smoking Depictions in Movies

Abstract

In this national US adolescent sample, exposure to smoking in movies predicted risk of becoming an established smoker, an outcome linked with adult dependent smoking and its associated morbidity and mortality.

Moderation of the Association between Media Exposure and Youth Smoking Onset: Race/Ethnicity, and Parent Smoking

“…The moderation of media effects on parent smoking (Dalton et al 2003; Hanewinkel and Sargent 2008), sensation seeking (Sargent et al 2007; Stoolmiller et al 2010), and extracurricular participation (Adachi-Mejia et al 2009) supports previous suggestions that media effects are most apparent for adolescents generally considered at lower risk. This seems logical when one considers a population of youth as a “spectrum” of risk: One would not expect exposure to entertainment media to substantively alter risk for smoking of a high sensation-seeking adolescent whose parents and friends smoke—it is already quite high.…”

Moderation of the Association between Media Exposure and Youth Smoking Onset: Race/Ethnicity, and Parent Smoking

“…The moderation of media effects on parent smoking (Dalton et al 2003; Hanewinkel and Sargent 2008), sensation seeking (Sargent et al 2007; Stoolmiller et al 2010), and extracurricular participation (Adachi-Mejia et al 2009) supports previous suggestions that media effects are most apparent for adolescents generally considered at lower risk. This seems logical when one considers a population of youth as a “spectrum” of risk: One would not expect exposure to entertainment media to substantively alter risk for smoking of a high sensation-seeking adolescent whose parents and friends smoke—it is already quite high.…”

Smoking in Movies and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: A Longitudinal Study among Argentinian Adolescents

“…The magnitude of the effects that we found are similar to a study from Mexico 21 , but weaker than studies in Germany 42 and the US 14, 43 . This difference from US and German studies could be explained by the fact that tobacco content in US-produced films has been declining from an average of 3.5 smoking occurrences per movie in 1990 to 0.23 occurrences per movie in 2007.…”

Tobacco imagery in on-demand streaming content popular among adolescents and young adults in India: implications for global tobacco control

“…It is well established that exposure to pro-tobacco imagery in media increases the likelihood of tobacco uptake in adolescents and young adults27–29 and that this relationship is causal,30–32 with a strong dose–response relationship 4. Consistent with results from other countries, a longitudinal study conducted in 32 schools in Delhi and Chennai indicated that adolescents (10–16 years old) with an increased exposure to tobacco advertisements were 1.5 times (95% CI 1.12 to 1.94) more likely to progress towards tobacco use in comparison with those who were not exposed,33 indicating that exposure to tobacco imagery can result in tobacco uptake among Indian adolescents.…”

Moderation of the Association between Media Exposure and Youth Smoking Onset: Race/Ethnicity, and Parent Smoking

“…The moderation of media effects on parent smoking (Dalton et al 2003; Hanewinkel and Sargent 2008), sensation seeking (Sargent et al 2007; Stoolmiller et al 2010), and extracurricular participation (Adachi-Mejia et al 2009) supports previous suggestions that media effects are most apparent for adolescents generally considered at lower risk. This seems logical when one considers a population of youth as a “spectrum” of risk: One would not expect exposure to entertainment media to substantively alter risk for smoking of a high sensation-seeking adolescent whose parents and friends smoke—it is already quite high.…”

Smoking in Movies and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: A Longitudinal Study among Argentinian Adolescents

“…The magnitude of the effects that we found are similar to a study from Mexico 21 , but weaker than studies in Germany 42 and the US 14, 43 . This difference from US and German studies could be explained by the fact that tobacco content in US-produced films has been declining from an average of 3.5 smoking occurrences per movie in 1990 to 0.23 occurrences per movie in 2007.…”

Tobacco imagery in on-demand streaming content popular among adolescents and young adults in India: implications for global tobacco control

“…It is well established that exposure to pro-tobacco imagery in media increases the likelihood of tobacco uptake in adolescents and young adults27–29 and that this relationship is causal,30–32 with a strong dose–response relationship 4. Consistent with results from other countries, a longitudinal study conducted in 32 schools in Delhi and Chennai indicated that adolescents (10–16 years old) with an increased exposure to tobacco advertisements were 1.5 times (95% CI 1.12 to 1.94) more likely to progress towards tobacco use in comparison with those who were not exposed,33 indicating that exposure to tobacco imagery can result in tobacco uptake among Indian adolescents.…”

Moderation of the Association between Media Exposure and Youth Smoking Onset: Race/Ethnicity, and Parent Smoking

“…The moderation of media effects on parent smoking (Dalton et al 2003; Hanewinkel and Sargent 2008), sensation seeking (Sargent et al 2007; Stoolmiller et al 2010), and extracurricular participation (Adachi-Mejia et al 2009) supports previous suggestions that media effects are most apparent for adolescents generally considered at lower risk. This seems logical when one considers a population of youth as a “spectrum” of risk: One would not expect exposure to entertainment media to substantively alter risk for smoking of a high sensation-seeking adolescent whose parents and friends smoke—it is already quite high.…”

Smoking in Movies and Adolescent Smoking Initiation: A Longitudinal Study among Argentinian Adolescents

“…The magnitude of the effects that we found are similar to a study from Mexico 21 , but weaker than studies in Germany 42 and the US 14, 43 . This difference from US and German studies could be explained by the fact that tobacco content in US-produced films has been declining from an average of 3.5 smoking occurrences per movie in 1990 to 0.23 occurrences per movie in 2007.…”

Tobacco imagery in on-demand streaming content popular among adolescents and young adults in India: implications for global tobacco control

“…It is well established that exposure to pro-tobacco imagery in media increases the likelihood of tobacco uptake in adolescents and young adults27–29 and that this relationship is causal,30–32 with a strong dose–response relationship 4. Consistent with results from other countries, a longitudinal study conducted in 32 schools in Delhi and Chennai indicated that adolescents (10–16 years old) with an increased exposure to tobacco advertisements were 1.5 times (95% CI 1.12 to 1.94) more likely to progress towards tobacco use in comparison with those who were not exposed,33 indicating that exposure to tobacco imagery can result in tobacco uptake among Indian adolescents.…”