Netflix’s original series depict the highest instances of characters smoking on any television show, according to a recent study by anti-tobacco watchdog group The Truth Initiative. Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon are not beholden to the same content restrictions as broadcast television, leading to more instances of sex, violence, swearing, and tobacco use. While some viewers may enjoy the extra skin and gore, the anti-tobacco group points to multiple findings that young people are much more likely to start smoking if they see their favorite characters doing it on TV.
“We’ve experienced a pervasive re-emergence of smoking imagery that is glamorizing and re-normalizing a deadly habit to millions of impressionable young people. It has to stop,” said Truth Initiative CEO Robin Koval in a press release.
The study compared seven Netflix shows to seven broadcast and cable shows from the 2015-16 season, finding the Netflix group had 319 “smoking incidents,...
“We’ve experienced a pervasive re-emergence of smoking imagery that is glamorizing and re-normalizing a deadly habit to millions of impressionable young people. It has to stop,” said Truth Initiative CEO Robin Koval in a press release.
The study compared seven Netflix shows to seven broadcast and cable shows from the 2015-16 season, finding the Netflix group had 319 “smoking incidents,...
- 3/21/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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