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Does Smoking in Films Influence Young People?

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I read an interesting article this week about smoking in films and the influence this may have on young people choosing whether to smoke or not.
The research published in the Journal Thorax says that adolescents who saw the most films depicting smoking were 73% more likely to have tried a cigarette than those exposed to the least and that this group were 50% more likely to be a current smoker.

 

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