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Module 11. Smoking and the Movies. 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. .
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Module 11 Smoking and the Movies
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. Tobacco 101: Module 11 Moving stories with appealing actors is one way that tobacco companies attract new smokers and keep current ones.
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 Tobacco 101: Module 11
Smoking and the Movies 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. Tobacco 101: Module 11
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