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Study: TV depictions of tobacco use drives young people to vape
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The study in the scholarly journal Preventive Medicine and referenced by the public health group Truth Initiative says young viewers with the highest exposure to TV tobacco depictions can be three times as likely to start vaping as those who don't.
TOPICS: Smoking and TV, TV Studies, vaping
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