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Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool
From fashion styles to music trends, young people often emulate celebrity
behavior that they see on-screen, including the use of tobacco. Recent studies
have found that films depicting tobacco use are increasing and are reinforcing
misleading perceptions that smoking is a widespread, socially desirable, and
normal behavior. Moreover, these films do not convey the long-term consequences
of tobacco use. In Scene Smoking, professionals from the entertainment
and health fields discuss real-life choices they’ve made and what they think
about the depiction of tobacco on-screen. This balanced documentary brings
together some of Hollywood’s most powerful voices—including Ted Danson,
Christy Turlington, Sean Penn, and Rob Reiner—in a frank discussion of artists’
rights, social responsibility, and the First Amendment.
This hour-long video can be used with high school and college
students in a number of different subject areas, including film studies, directing, screen writing, acting, communications,
journalism, public relations, political science, law, public health, and health education. The video can be shown
without interruption or in two half-hour segments. The accompanying guides for facilitators suggest activities to
promote critical thinking and discussion.
This film was made possible by funds received from the Tobacco Tax Health Protection Act of 1988- Proposition 99, under
grant No. 99-85068 with the California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section.
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