Leaders and elites: portrayals of smoking in popular films.
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OBJECTIVE To study frequency and traits of characters that smoke in films and to document on-screen consequences of tobacco use. DESIGN This study conducted a content analysis of the top 100 grossing films in 2002, with a total global gross of 12.4 billion US dollars. OUTCOME MEASURES Three outcome measures were frequency of smoking incidents, traits of characters who smoke, and consequences of tobacco use. RESULTS 6% of characters smoked in 453 incidents, including 3% of children. In 92% of incidences, smoking had no consequences. The most frequent consequence was a verbal reprimand. Although tobacco is a leading cause of preventable deaths globally, only 0.4% of tobacco incidences resulted in death. No deaths were caused by disease. Characters who smoked tended to be major characters playing leadership roles. They tended to be from privileged elites: male, white, and mature. CONCLUSIONS Films portray characters that smoke as leaders from privileged elites, making smoking more attractive to audience members. Because 99.6% of characters suffer no life threatening consequences from smoking on screen, smokers seem invincible, belying tobacco's role as a leading cause of preventable deaths.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Tobacco control
دوره 14 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005