[CALIBK12] [CSLA Research Update] teens and smoking studies

[Lesley Farmer]

Teens lured by screen smoking, tobacco promotionsMovies that feature
cigarettes, as well as the tobacco industry's smoking-related
promotions, prompt teenagers to smoke, according to a recent report.
Although smoking declined to 21% of the U.S. adult population in 2006
from 42% in 1965, some 4,000 teenagers still light up for the first
time each day and 1,000 of them become habitual smokers.Zosia
Kmietowicz. (2008). BMA calls for ban on smoking images that "keep the
habit cool" among children British Medical Journal, 337:a713Mass media
has the power to both encourage tobacco use, especially among young
people, and to discourage it. This is the first report to make the
conclusion that there is a causal relationship between exposure to
depiction of smoking in the movies and youth beginning to smokeMelanie
Wakefield. (2008). The Role of the Media in Promoting and Reducing
Tobacco Use. Reckvill, MD: U. S. National Cancer
Institute.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/19/docs/M19MediaFactSheet.pdf

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Posted By Lesley Farmer to CSLA Research Update at 8/26/2008 01:12:00 PM
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