'Carcinogens in a puff': smoking in Hong Kong movies.
Smoking scenes in movies, exploited by the tobacco industry to circumvent advertisement bans, are linked to adolescent smoking. Recently, a Hong Kong romantic comedy Love in a puff put smoking at centre stage, with numerous smoking scenes and words that glamourise smoking. Although WHO has issued guidelines on reducing the exposure of children to smoking in movies, none is adopted in Hong Kong. Comprehensive tobacco control strategies are urgently needed to protect young people in Hong Kong from cigarette promotion in movies.
Ho
Sai-Yin
SY
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. syho@hku.hk
Wang
Man-Ping
MP
Lai
Hak-Kan
HK
Hedley
Anthony J
AJ
Lam
Tai-Hing
TH
D000293:Adolescent; D000329:Advertising / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002648:Child; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D009040:Motion Pictures; D012907:Smoking; D019460:Tobacco Industry; D014944:World Health Organization