Hollywood on tobacco: How the entertainment industry understands tobacco portrayal

Tobacco Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-386

  Shields, David L L ^a   Carol, Julia ^a,c   Balbach, Edith D ^b   McGee, Sarah ^a  

^a American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANR Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Films; Movies; Television; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLANT; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES; PLANTS, TOXIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033252507     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tc.8.4.378     Document Type: Article

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