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Youth Exposure to Tobacco in Movies in Ontario, Canada: 2002-2018

July 05, 2019
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Movies are a powerful vehicle for promoting tobacco use. Of particular concern is youth exposure to tobacco use in movies. This report examines onscreen tobacco exposure among Ontario youth over the period 2012 to 2018. In Ontario, over half of top-g
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Youth Exposure to Tobacco in Movies in Ontario: 2017

August 08, 2018
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Ontario’s youth exposure to tobacco use in movies remains substantial. Requiring any movie that contains tobacco imagery be assigned an adult rating (18A) in Ontario could considerably decrease smoking initiation among youth. The 2017 data for top-gr
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Youth Exposure to Tobacco in Movies in Ontario, Canada: 2004-2016

July 17, 2017
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Movies are a powerful vehicle for promoting tobacco use. Higher exposure to tobacco in movies increases the uptake of smoking among youth and undermines tobacco prevention efforts. This Special Report adds results for 2015 and 2016 and found that the
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Youth Exposure to Tobacco in Movies in Ontario, Canada: 2004-2014

August 14, 2015
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Movies are a powerful vehicle for promoting tobacco use. Higher exposure to tobacco in movies increases the uptake of smoking among youth and undermines tobacco prevention efforts. This Special Report examines the extent of onscreen tobacco exposure
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Exposure to Onscreen Tobacco in Movies among Ontario Youth, 2004-2013

May 14, 2014
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Smoking in movies is a cause for smoking initiation and progression to regular smoking among youth. Higher exposure to onscreen tobacco increases the uptake of smoking among youth and undermines tobacco prevention efforts. This report examines the ex
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Ontario Adult Support for Restricted Ratings for Movies Showing Smoking

May 13, 2013
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Using data from the 2012 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s CAMH Monitor, this update presents findings on the level of support among Ontario adults aged 18 years and older for assigning a Restricted or “R” rating to movies that show characters
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