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Article: Study links teen smoking to movies; Finding apt to fuel push for film ratings to include tobacco use.(BUSINESS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- September 4, 2007
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Byline: Gregory Lopes, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A new study links exposure to cigarettes in movies to a risk of teenagers becoming smokers in adulthood.
The study, which will be published in this month's issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, shows that teens who watched smoking scenes in movies were twice as likely to become established smokers.
The study surveyed more than 6,500 children ages 10 to 14 about their smoking and movie-watching preferences starting in 2003.
"It's not just one cigarette the kid is smoking," said Dr. James Sargent, a researcher of adolescent behavior at Dartmouth University, who led the study. "The study establishes a ...