Publications

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Polansky JR. Tobacco vector: How American movies, Canadian film subsidies and provincial rating practices will kill 43,000 Canadian teens alive today — and what Canadian governments can do about it. Physicians for Smoke-Free Canada.
Polansky JR, Mitchell S, Glantz SA. Film-Flam: How MPAA/NATO movie labels hide the biggest media risk to kids. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.
Anderson SJ, Millett C, Polansky JR, Glantz SA. Exposure to smoking in movies among British adolescents 2001-2006. Tobacco Control. 2010;19:197-200. doi:10.1136/tc.2009.034991.
Millett C, Glantz SA. Assigning an ‘18’ rating to movies with tobacco imagery is essential to reduce youth smoking. Thorax. 2010;65:377-378. doi:10.1136/thx.2009.133108.
Tickle JJ, Beach ML, Dalton MA. Tobacco, alcohol and other risk behaviors in film: How well do MPAA ratings distinguish content?. Journal of Health Communication. 2009;14(8):756-67. doi:10.1080/10810730903295567.
Polansky JR, Titus K, Glantz SA. Two years later: Are MPAA's tobacco labels protecting movie audiences?. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.
Longacre MR, Adachi-Mejia AM, Titus-Ernstoff LT, Gibson JJ, Beach ML, Dalton M. Parental attitudes about cigarette smoking and alcohol use in the Motion Picture Association of America rating system. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2009;163(3):218-224. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.550.
Polansky JR, Titus K, Glantz SA. One year later: Are MPAA's tobacco labels protecting audiences?. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.
Polansky JR, Titus K, Glantz SA. Six months later: Are MPAA's tobacco ratings protecting movie audiences?. UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.
Laugesen M, Scragg R, Wellman RJ, DiFranza JR. R-rated film viewing and adolescent smoking. Preventive Medicine. 2007;45(6):454-459. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.07.025.
Thompson EM, Gunther AM. Cigarettes and cinema: Does parental restriction of R-rated movie viewing reduce adolescent smoking susceptibility?. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2007;40(2):181.e1–181.e6. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.017.
Thompson KM, Yokota F. Violence, sex, and profanity in films: Correlation of movie ratings with content. Medscape General Medicine. 2004;6(3):3.
Sargent JD, Beach ML, Dalton MA, Titus-Ernstoff LT, Gibson JJ, Tickle JJ, Heatherton TF. Effect of parental R-rated movie restriction on adolescent smoking initiation: A prospective study. Pediatrics. 2004;114(1):149-156. doi:10.1542/peds.114.1.149.
Sargent JD, Dalton MA, et. al. Modifying exposure to smoking depicted in movies: A novel approach to preventing adolescent smoking. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2003;157(7):643-648. doi:10.1001/archpedi.157.7.643.
Dalton MA, Ahrens MB, et. al. Relation between parental restrictions on movies and adolescent use of tobacco and alcohol. Effective Clinical Practice. 2002;5(1):1-10.
Glantz SA. Rate movies with smoking 'R'. Effective Clinical Practice. 2002;5(1):31-34.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Marketing violent entertainment to children: A review of self-regulation and industry practices in the motion picture, music recording & electronic game industries: A report of the Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission.