The Tobacco Reference Guide

by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 40 Tobacco and the movies

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In the 1996 john grisham movie "a time to kill," sandra bullock plays a hotshot law student who smokes for much of her time on camera. The chance that a top law student in the 1990's would be a smoker is less than one in ten.

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In a study of 40 movies produced in 1935, 30% of heroines smoked, compared to only 2.5% of villainesses. The comparable figures that year were 65% for heroes and 22.5% for male villains.

New york state journal of medicine, july 1985, p. 337

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"films present a smoker who is typically white, male, and attractive, a movie hero who takes smoking for granted. As in tobacco advertising, smoking in the movies is associated with youthful vigor, good looks, and personal/professional acceptance....films reinforce misleading images and overstate the normalcy of smoking, which may encourage children and teenagers, the major movie audience, to smoke."

American journal of public health, june 1994, p. 999

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Liggett and myers paid $30,000 for cigarette placement in the movie supergirl.

Usa today, january 3, 1997, p. 12a

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Philip morris paid $350,000 to get lark cigarettes featured in the 1989 james bond movie "license to kill."

San francisco chronicle, june 20, 1994, p. A5

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