Preventing Chronic Disease | Smoking in Movies: A New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Core Surveillance Indicator - CDC

Youth who are heavily exposed to onscreen smoking are approximately 2 to 3 times as likely to begin smoking as youth who are lightly exposed, and the Surgeon General concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the movies and smoking initiation among young people.


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  • SourceUrl: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2012/12_0261.htm
  • Syndication ID: 7639
  • Language: English
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Date Syndication Captured: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 10:14 PM
  • Date Syndication Updated: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 12:25 AM

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