Kids are Inundated with Images of Smoking
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2/3/2006 8:16:44 AM
A report in the journal
Pediatrics
studied smoking in cinema and its relationship to the habit in children 10-14 years of age. Ten percent of this group smoked; the number is put at about 22% in adults,
reported USA Today
. A strong link was found between images of smoking on the big screen and prevalence of the habit among children. Some 38% of those kids who smoked, cited smoking in film as their number one reason for starting.
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