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    Teen-rated video game with smoking set for wider distribution

    The use of tobacco in XCOM 2 is part of a trend in video games rated suitable for or popular with teenagers.

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    Music videos popular with young people frequently feature tobacco imagery

    Music videos, examined for the first time in this report, are a major pop culture influence and prove to be common sources of tobacco imagery.

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    Hero in blockbuster teen video game “Overwatch” smokes cigars

    Overwatch, a video game rated suitable for teens, features a hero who smokes cigars, part of a trend of games that show tobacco being marketed to use

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    Played: Tobacco use widespread in video games played by youth

    Smoking is prevalent and often glamorized in video games popular among youth, according to Played: Smoking and Video Games, a review of research from Truth I

  5. New report finds parents unaware that video games contain smoking images with many targeting teens

    Smoking is prevalent and often glamorized in video games played by youth, but a new report, released today by Truth Initiative®, finds that most parents are

  6. New Report Warns: Viral Smoking Imagery Could Undermine Youth Prevention Gains

    Truth Initiative’s seventh annual “While You Were Streaming” report exposes the ongoing presence of tobacco in top shows, movies, and music videos

  7. New Truth Initiative report shows troubling use of tobacco imagery in tv shows, movies and music videos most popular among youth as e-cigarette epidemic persists

    While You Were Streaming: Nicotine on Demand is the fourth annual report from Truth Initiative that monitors tobacco imagery across the most popular streamin

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    Video series aims to change the narrative about tobacco in the African-American community

    A new web video series created by a Truth Initiative® fellow hopes to spark conversations about tobacco use in the African-American community.

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    #CATmageddon: How smoking could make cat videos a thing of the past

    With the #CATmageddon campaign, truth continues to use the truth about tobacco to engage teens to help end tobacco use.

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    Action needed: Tobacco in pop culture

    Despite a 1998 law prohibiting paid tobacco product placements in movies and TV programming, tobacco imagery is still seen on screens everywhere, including m

  11. New Report Details Alarming Surge in Tobacco Imagery in On-Screen Entertainment Most Popular Among Youth and Young Adults

    Tobacco imagery is surging in shows, social media, music videos and movies — including nearly every Best Picture nominee at the 2024 Academy Awards

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    While you were streaming

    New research from Truth Initiative reveals that 79 percent of the shows most popular with young people depict smoking prominently.