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Smoking Prevalent on TV Shows That Are Most Popular With Teens
2/9/2011

Researchers watched every episode of 8 prime-time series on 5 broadcast networks that were most watched by teens. They found in all, 20 of the 73 episodes were rated TV-PG (“parental guidance suggested”), and 60% of them had at least one tobacco depiction. In contrast, among the 53 shows rated TV-14 (“parents strongly cautioned”), 32% of episodes had at least one tobacco depiction.

Source: Los Angeles Times

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