Smoking and the Movies

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Smoking and the Movies

• Module 11

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Smoking and the Movies

• Why should I be concerned about movies that show
  smoking?

• Showing smoking in movies is associated with
  positive attitudes about smoking.

• Moving stories with appealing actors is one way
  that tobacco companies attract new smokers and
  keep current ones.

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Smoking and the Movies
References

• Slide 3 National Cancer Institute. 2008. Tobacco
  Control Monograph Series Monograph 19 The Role
  of the Media in Promoting and Reducing Tobacco
  Use. Bethesda, MD National Cancer Institute.
  http//cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/19
  /index.html

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Photograph Credits

• Slides 1 and 2 Photographs courtesy of
  iStockphoto.
• Slide 3 Photograph courtesy of Peter
  Zurek/Photos.com.
• Photographs are used for illustrative purposes
  only, and any persons depicted are models.

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Prepared by Sterling Fulton-Smith, North Carolina
Department of Health and Human Services Sandhya
Joshi, RTI International Caley Burrus, Duke
University Ronny Bell, Maya Angelou Center for
Health Equity and Barri Burrus, RTI
International. March 2012