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Comparative Study
. 2009 Jun 3;301(21):2211-3.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.745.

Comparison of trends for adolescent smoking and smoking in movies, 1990-2007

James D Sargent  1 , Todd F Heatherton
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Comparative Study

Comparison of trends for adolescent smoking and smoking in movies, 1990-2007

James D Sargent et al. JAMA. .
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Figure. Smoking Occurrences in Highest Grossing Movies and Adolescent Smoking in the United States
Trends for the geometric mean for the number of smoking occurrences in the 25 movies with the highest US box-office gross revenues released each year between 1990 and 2007 and current (past 30-day) smoking among eighth graders from the Monitoring the Future study for each year between 1991 and 2007. Differences from the data in Results section reflect Lowess smoothing. Dashed lines indicate 95% confidence intervals.
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