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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (US) Office on Smoking and Health. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); 2014.

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Stacked line graph shows that from 2002 to 2012 tobacco impressions delivered by top-grossing U.S. movies were most frequently found in movies rated PG-13, followed closely by movies rated R, and then distantly by movies rated G or PG. Over time, the number of tobacco impressions for movies rated R or PG-13 fluctuated, generally increasing to 2005, then decreasing through 2010, and finally trending upward in 2011 and 2012. The greatest number of tobacco impressions in G or PG movies occurred between 2003 and 2006, but the number of impressions was far fewer and the trend generally flat compared with movies rated R and PG-13.

Figure 14.3BTobacco impressionsa delivered by top-grossing U.S. movies, by Motion Picture Association of America rating

a One impression equals one tobacco use incident on screen viewed by one audience member.

Source: Polansky et al. 2012.

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