Sunday, July 7, 2019

Netflix to Cut Down on Smoking After ‘Stranger Things’ Leads Tobacco Use Study

Bugs Bunny made me smoke, and drop anvils on people.
(Rolling Stone) Days after the release of Stranger Things 3, Netflix has pledged to cut down on the amount of smoking seen in their original programming following outcry from an anti-smoking organization.
Truth Initiative, “America’s largest nonprofit public health organization committed to making tobacco use a thing of the past,” recently published a study cataloging the increased instances of characters smoking in television series. Continued

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