A research study by the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality showed that adolescents who watched more than 4 hours of TV per day were more than five times as likely to start smoking as those who watched less than 2 hours a day. The researchers speculate that TV actors’ portrayals of smoking as personally and socially rewarding were an effective indirect method of tobacco promotion (Note: Paid television tobacco ads are illegal). List in rank order six factors that you think cause adolescents to start smoking. Did TV portrayals of attractive smokers appear on your list? (Data are from the AHRQ Newsletter, no. 269, January 2003, p. 12.)
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