Here's a bibliography of research on smoking in the movies, with the most recent studies listed first: Tickle JJ, Beach ML, Dalton MA (2009) Tobacco, alcohol and other risk behaviors in film: How well do MPAA ratings distinguish content? J. Heath Comm. 14:756-767. Blake KD, Viswanath K, Blendon RJ, Vallone D (2009) The role of reported tobacco-specific media exposure on adult attitudes toward proposed policies to limit the portrayal of smoking in movies. Tobacco Control doi:10.1136/tc.2009.031260. Harakeh Z, Engels R, Vohs K, van Baaren R, Sargent J (2009) Exposure to movie smoking, antismoking ads, and smoking intensity:An experimental study with a factorial design. Tobacco Control doi:10.1136/tc.2009.030684. Wilkinson AV, Spitz MR, Prokhorov AV, Bondy ML, Shete S, Sargent JD (2009) Exposure to smoking imagery in the movies and experimenting with cigarettes among Mexican heritage youth. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:3435-3443. Thrasher JF, Sargent JD, Huang L, Arillo-Santillán E, Dorantes-Alonso A, Pérez-Hernández R (2009) Does film smoking promote youth smoking in middle-income countries?: A longitudinal study among Mexican adolescents. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:3444-3450. Longacre MR, Adachi-Mejia AM, Titus-Ernstoff L, Gibson JJ, Beach ML, Dalton MA (2009) Parental attitudes about cigarette smoking and alcohol use in the Motion Picture Association of America rating system Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 163(3):218-224. Lochbuehler K, Engels RC, Scholte RH (2009) Influence of smoking cues in movies on craving among smokers. Addiction 104(12):2102-9. Polansky J, Glantz S (2009) Taxpayer subsidies for US films with tobacco imagery. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education. Sargent JD, Morgenstern M, Isensee B, Hanewinkel R (2009) Movie smoking and urge to smoke among adult smokers. Nicotine Tobacco Res 11(9):1042-1046. Adachi-Mejia AM, Primack BA, Beach ML, Titus-Ernstoff L, Longacre MR, Weiss JE, Dalton MA (2009) Influence of movie smoking exposure and team sports participation on established smoking. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163(7):638-643. Tanski S, Stoolmiller M, Dal Cin S, Worth K (2009) Movie character smoking and adolescent smoking: Who matters more, good guys or bad guys? Pediatrics 124:135-143. World Health Organization (2009) Smoke-free movies: from evidence to action. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. Polansky J, Titus K, Glantz S (2009) Two years later: Are MPAA's tobacco labels protecting movie audiences? UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Healtherton TF, Sargent JD (2009) Does watching smoking in movies promote teenage smoking? Curr Dir Psych Sci 18:63-67. Sargent JD, Hanewinkel R (2009) Comparing the effects of entertainment media and tobacco marketing on youth smoking in Germany. Addiction 104:815-823. Commentary and response. Dalton M, Beach M, Adachi-Mejia A, Longacre M., Matzkin A., Sargent J, Heatherton T, Titus-Ernstoff L (2009) Early exposure to movie smoking predicts established smoking by older teens and young adults. Pediatrics 123: e551-e558. Titus K, Polansky J, Glantz S (2009) Smoking Presentation Trends in U.S. Movies 1991-2008. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Hanewinkel R (2009) Cigarette smoking and perception of a movie character in a film trailer. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(1):15-18. Chapman S (2008) What should be done about smoking in movies? Tobacco Control 17:363-367 [Responses: Late to the Party, Smoking in Movies Requires Action Now, Business as Usual, ...] Sargent J, Gibson J, Heatherton H (2009) Comparing the effects of entertainment media and tobacco marketing on youth smoking. Tobacco Control 8(1):47-53. Lum KL, Polansky JR, Jackler RK, Glantz SA (2008) Signed, sealed and delivered: Big Tobacco in Hollywood, 1927-1951. Tobacco Control 17: 313-323. US National Cancer Institute (2008) Monograph 19: The Role of the Media in Promoting and Reducing Tobacco Use. Bethesda, MD: US National Institutes of Health. Thrasher JF, Jackson C, Arillo-Santillan E,Sargent JD (2008) Exposure to smoking imagery in popular films and adolescent smoking in Mexico. Am J Prev Med 35(2):95-102. BMA Board of Science (2008) Forever cool: the influence of smoking imagery on young people. London: British Medical Association. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008) Cigarette Use Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2005. MMWR 55(26);724-726. Wills TA, Sargent JD, Stoolmiller M, Gibbons FX, Gerrard M (2008) Movie smoking exposure and smoking onset: A longitudinal study of mediation processes in a representative sample of U.S. adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 22(2):269-277. Polansky J, Titus K, Glantz S (2008) One year later: Are MPAA's tobacco labels protecting audiences? University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Sargent JD, Worth KA, Beach M, Gerrard M, Heatherton TF (2008) Population-based assessment of exposure to risk behaviors in motion pictures. Comm. Methods Measures 2:134-151. Ota A, Akimaru K, Suzuki S, Ono Y (2008) Depictions of smoking in recent high-grossing Japanese movies. Tobacco Control 17:143-144. Hanewinkel R, Sargent JD (2008) Exposure to smoking in internationally distributed American movies and youth: Smoking in Germany: A cross-cultural cohort study. Pediatrics 121;e108-e117. Titus-Ernstoff L, Dalton MA, Adachi-Mejia AM. Longacre MR, Beach ML (2008) Longitudinal study of viewing smoking in movies and initiation of smoking by children. Pediatrics 2008;121;15-21. Polansky J, Titus K, Glantz S (2007) Six months later: Are MPAA's tobacco ratings protecting movie audiences? University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Kachroo S, Etzel CJ, Wilkinson AV (2007) Do current government policies sufficiently regulate the interaction between viewing smoking in movies and adolescent smoking behavior? Am J Addict. 16(6):532-3 Wills TA, Sargent JD, Stoolmiller M, et. al (2007) Movie exposure to smoking cues and adolescent smoking onset: a test for mediation through peer affiliations. Health Psychol. 26(6):769-76. St Romain T, Hawley SR, Ablah E, Kabler BS, Molgaard CA (2007) Tobacco use in silent film: precedents of modern-day substance use portrayals. J Community Health 32(6):413-8. Keilah A, Worth KA, Duke J, Green M., Sargent JD (2007) Character Smoking in Top Box Office Movies. American Legacy Foundation, First Look Report 18. Song AV, Ling PM, Neilands TB, Glantz SA (2007) Smoking in movies and increased smoking among young adults. Am. J. Prev. Med. 33(5):396-403. Hanewinkel R, Sargent JD (2007) Exposure to smoking in popular contemporary movies and youth smoking in Germany. Am. J. Prev. 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