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• Figure 5-6 Teenage tobacco incidents – A comparison with Hollywood films<br />

%<br />

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12<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

1991<br />

1992<br />

1993<br />

1994<br />

1995<br />

1996<br />

1997<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

2000<br />

Indian films<br />

Hollywood<br />

• Teenage tobacco incidents have been much lower and remained steadily low in Indian films unlike in<br />

Hollywood.<br />

5.16 Tobacco usage by leading actors<br />

• Table 5-7:Usage by leading actors<br />

Name of Actor by Number<br />

and Percent of Incidents<br />

TOTAL number of<br />

incidents<br />

2001<br />

2002<br />

Percentage of<br />

total incidents<br />

Shahrukh Khan 109 4.43<br />

Rajnikanth 103 4.18<br />

Gulshan Grover 68 2.76<br />

Ajay Devgan 55 2.23<br />

Chiranjeev 55 2.23<br />

Aamir Khan 44 1.79<br />

Vijay 37 1.50<br />

Prakash Raj 33 1.34<br />

Sanjay Dutt 31 1.26<br />

Akshay Kumar 30 1.22<br />

Pavan Kalyan 30 1.22<br />

Upender 29 1.18<br />

Manoj Bajpai 25 1.02<br />

Vivek 25 1.02<br />

Ajith 23 0.93<br />

5.17 Usage of branded/unbranded tobacco<br />

The highest number of smoking incidents in the past 12 years has been recorded in movies featuring<br />

Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh Khan is an idol both among teenagers who have reported prevalence of<br />

smoking among friends and those who have not.<br />

The second highest number of smoking incidents has been recorded by South Indian film star,<br />

Rajnikanth who has a huge fan following in the southern parts of India and has also acted in several<br />

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