作者: K. A Worth , S. D. Cin , J. D Sargent
关键词: Demography 、 Psychiatry 、 Box office 、 Smoking prevalence 、 Smoking status 、 Motion picture 、 Smoking epidemiology 、 Social environment 、 Motion Pictures as Topic 、 Public health 、 Medicine
摘要: Background: Reports of a relationship between watching smoking in movies and among adolescents have prompted greater scrutiny by the public health community. Objective: To assess prevalence adult adolescent movie characters, examine trends over time, compare data with actual US adults adolescents. Design methods: Smoking status all major human characters top 100 box office hits from 1996 to 2004 (900 movies) was assessed, examined Motion Picture Association America (MPAA) rating year release. Results: The contained 5944 whom 4911 were 466 Among overall 20.6%; more common men than women (22.6% v 16.1%, respectively, p Conclusions: is declining, downward trend weakest for PG-13-rated movies. Although many depict no smoking, one third as prevalent that at time