Research shows that the more times a young person sees smoking in the movies, the more likely he or she is to take up smoking, and from 2005 to 2010, young people saw far less smoking in PG-13 movies
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The recipients of the 2026 awards are: Dr Waseem Iftikhar Janjua, Senior researcher, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) shared award with Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Islamic Republic of Pakistan | Arabic Professor Hatem Bouzaiene, President, Tunisian Alliance Against Tobacco shared award with Professor Radhouane Fakhfakh, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisian Alliance Against Tobacco and Dr Mounira Masmoudi Nabli (in memoriam), Vice President, Tunisian Alliance Against Tobacco, Republic of Tunisia | Arabic Related links WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2025: warning about the dangers of tobacco
Table 2 also shows from T1 to T3, the score of poor concentration in MPSS increased greatly in the control group, while the score did not change in the intervention group
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The increase in tobacco-related disease and death has been outpaced by the increase in industry profits