Tobacco History
Smoke Free Movies
Big Tobacco on Screen
While You Were Streaming
Miscellaneous
100

This is the most common form of smoking worldwide

Cigarette smoke

100

This Marvel movie was released in 2012 and marked the first time Captain America, The Hulk, Iron Man and Thor banded together

The Avengers

100

Youth are approximately three times more likely to do what if they are exposed to tobacco imagery onscreen

Vape or Smoke 

100

According to 2020 data from the Truth Initiative, this streaming platform consistently lead all others in smoking imagery and tobacco depiction

Netflix

100

In New York State, this is the minimum age to purchase tobacco products

21 years old 
200

It is claimed that this famous explorer received tobacco as a gift from Native Americans

Christopher Columbus

200

This Disney movie featured Ben Stiller being chased by an extinct dinosaur

Night at the Museum 

200

Research indicates that this movie rating could prevent up to a million deaths among youth

R rating 

200

This Netflix show based on an orphaned chess prodigy portrays smoking in all seven of its episodes

Queen's Gambit 

200

In New York State, this is the average age of a new smoker

13 years old 

300

In 1964, this report linked smoking cigarettes with negative health effects such as lung cancer

Surgeon General Report 

300

In this blockbuster reboot, produced by Warner Bros, Robert Pattinson takes on the role as a renowned caped crusader

The Batman 

300

This organization manages the US Film rating system

Motion Picture Association (MPA)

300

The main character from this Disney live-action reboot does not wield a cigarette as she did in the original animated film    

Cruella 

300

This electronic cigarette brand was once a popular choice among youth before majority of its products were banned by the FDA  

JUUL

400

One of the biggest tobacco companies in the world - also the parent company of Phillip Morris? 

Altria 

400

In this animated movie, there is a scene where burgers are raining from the sky

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 

400

As of 2015, this mass media and entertainment company decided not to depict cigarette smoking in its movies

Disney 

400

This popular animated sitcom was deemed the worst offender regarding tobacco imagery in 2020

Family Guy

400

This flavor used in tobacco products makes smoking easier to start and harder to quit

Menthol 

500

Back in 1990s, tobacco company, R.J. Reynolds created a marketing plan by this name to target gay and homeless populations in San Francisco


Project SCUM

500

“Some people are worth melting for” is a quote from this movie

Frozen 

500

Since 2002, this American telecommunications company is tied with Warner Bros for the largest amount of tobacco imagery delivered to moviegoers

AT&T

500

The 3rd season of this sci-fi horror drama reportedly quadrupled the incidences of tobacco use from its first season

Stranger Things 

500

Approximately this number of people lose their lives to cigarette smoke every year in the United States

480,000

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