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The Relationship Between Smoking in Movies and Smoking Teens
The Relationship Between Smoking in Movies and Smoking Teens
The teen smoking rate in California is 14.6 percent, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).May teenagers smoke Camel cigarettes or Winston cigarettes.The majority of addicted smokers took their first puff before the age of 18. The average age of the first time smoker is 14.These statistics are surprising given the decades of public education and research about the health effects of nicotine addiction, which is the No. 1 cause of death nationwide leading to more than 440,000 deaths annually in the United States alone.
Numerous factors lead to the uptake of smoking by teens. Some include easy access to cigarettes if retailers don't check ID, social sources such as friends and family members, decreased prices in cigarettes, and most recently a growing body of scientific research shows a direct link in the relationship between smoking in movies and youth smoking initiation. The more smoking in the movies youth view, the more likely they are to start smoking. A study by Dartmouth Medical School found that up to 33 percent of youth smoking can be accounted for by youths viewing smoking in films.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also reported that exposure to tobacco use in the media is a factor in youth smoking.
The impact smoking in the movies has on our youth cannot be discounted. Movie audiences are disproportionately made up of youths. 12-17 year olds make up 20 percent of the movie audiences, yet are only 11 percent of the general population. According to the Lancet Medical Journal, movies that depict tobacco use influence up to half of new teen smokers to start smoking cigarettes which adds up to 390,000 new smokers every year.
Since 1999, an incredibly high number of youth-related movies have featured cigarette smoking, especially:
75 percent of PG-13 rated movies
36 percent of G and PG rated movies
The influence of tobacco products in the movies has reached the point that is no longer acceptable due to the negative impacts it has on the health and future of our youth.
More smoking is depicted in movies today than any other time since the 1950s when smoking rates were twice as high as they are today (Glanz SA, Kacirk, American Journal of Public Health, 2004).
I have joined student advocates from Jefferson and Westmoor High Schools in Daly City, with support from Breathe California to urge our City Council and School Districts in San Mateo County to adopt a resolution for an "R" rating for movies that depict tobacco use. "R" rating is not meant to keep teens out of more movies.
Instead, it creates a voluntary market incentive for producers to keep smoking out of movies marketed to teens.On average, the movies rated PG 13 gross twice as much at the box office as R- rated movies do.No producer will think it worthwhile to release a film rated "R" for smoking alone. The result will be less smoking in future movies rated PG 13 and younger. Critical issues of teen's abortion Gaming Benefits For Kids Positive Reinforcement As Child Discipline Boundaries For Your Children: Setting Them And Enforcing Them Birthday Party Ideas For Kids In Tampa & Zephyrhills, Florida It's OK to Touch – A Fun Bible Object Lesson for Your Kids Power to Forgive – A Fun Bible Object Lesson for Your Kids Le Top: Unique Designer Clothing For Kids Are You Tired of Teens Lying to You? Retrieve Deleted Text to Learn The Truth Teenage Bedroom Makeover How Kids Can Learn Empathy And Help Animals Why Shopping for Wholesale Children Clothing could be a Good Deal Sorts Of Child Custody Arrangements