Professional Report - Smoke Free Movies
Professional Report - Smoke Free Movies
Professional Report - Smoke Free Movies
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• Figure 5-6 Teenage tobacco incidents – A comparison with Hollywood films<br />
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1992<br />
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1994<br />
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1998<br />
1999<br />
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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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