moking in Movies and Increased Smoking Among oung Adults
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esults: Exposure to smoking in the movies predicted current smoking. The adjusted odds of current smoking increased by a factor of 1.21 for each quartile increase in exposure to smoking (p 0.01) in the movies, reaching 1.77 for the top exposure quartile. The unadjusted odds of established smoking (100 cigarettes with current smoking) increased by 1.23 per quartile (p 0.001) of exposure, reaching 1.86 for the top quartile. This effect on established smoking was mediated by two factors related to smoking in the movies: positive expectations about smoking and exposure to friends and relatives who smoked, with positive expectations accounting for about two thirds of the effect.
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