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The video game danger parents don’t know about
The depiction of tobacco use in games serves, in effect, as free advertising for tobacco companies, and a recruitment mechanism for the "replacement smo
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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Nicotine on demand
Tobacco remains rampant in the year’s most popular shows, movies, and music videos, fueling the ongoing youth e-cigarette epidemic.
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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.
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