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According to their 2025 Lights, Camera, Addiction: How Persistent On-Screen Tobacco Imagery Continues to Fuel Nicotine Addiction Among Young Audiences report, in 2023, seven of the top 15 shows most popular among 15- to 24-year-olds in 2023 displayed tobacco. Of those shows, only one had not appeared in the organizations previous reports and included series such as The Simpsons , Family Guy and American Dad , underscoring how tobacco imagery remains a persistent problem. Pop Culture as a Mirror So why are images of smoking resurging
[DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Russell SH, Small CJ, Dakin CL, Abbott CR, Morgan DG, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR