Impact of smoking and vaping in films on smoking and vaping uptake in adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis

Hassanein, Z, Barker, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-5114, Murray, R, Britton, J, Agrawal, S and Leonardi-Bee, J, 2022. Impact of smoking and vaping in films on smoking and vaping uptake in adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Education and Behavior. ISSN 1090-1981

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Abstract

Prevention of smoking uptake in young people is an essential public health target. We have previously reported a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of exposure to smoking imagery in films on the risk of smoking uptake in young people. This study updates that review, and includes studies of the effects of exposure to media vaping imagery on vaping uptake.

Four electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and IBSS) were searched to August 2020 for studies reporting the association between exposure to smoking/vaping in films and smoking/vaping uptake in adolescents. Two authors independently screened papers, extracted data, and assessed quality. This review included 26 studies. Exposure to high levels of smoking imagery in films was associated with an increased likelihood of having ever smoked in nine cross-sectional studies and of smoking uptake in 11 longitudinal studies. Vaping imagery in films was associated with increased likelihood of ever vaping in two cross-sectional studies and vaping uptake in five longitudinal studies.

This review concluded that exposure to smoking imagery in films increases the risk of smoking among young people. It is likely that a similar association exists between exposure to vaping imagery and vaping uptake. Therefore, this review recommends introduction of new policies to minimise the impact of this in films which contain smoking or vaping and are likely to be viewed by children and adolescents.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Health Education and Behavior
Creators:	Hassanein, Z., Barker, A., Murray, R., Britton, J., Agrawal, S. and Leonardi-Bee, J.
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Date:	3 May 2022
ISSN:	1090-1981
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/10901981221086944 DOI 1519103 Other
Rights:	Accepted for publication in Health Education and Behavior. Reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	09 Mar 2022 16:01
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2022 13:11
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/45836

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