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

This is the most common form of smoking worldwide

cigarette smoke

100

Youth are approximately two to three times more likely to do what if they are exposed to onscreen smoking

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

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

Netflix 

100

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

21 

200

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

Christopher Columbus 

200

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

R rating 
200

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

Night At The Museum 

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 of a new smoker

13

300

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

Surgeon General Report 

300

This organization manages the US Film rating system

Motion Picture Association (MPA) 

300

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

The Batman 

300

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

Cruella

300

This advertising technique is used by the tobacco industry to lure youth to use tobacco products through posters, slogans and imagery 

Power Wall 

400

Marlboro, Virgina Slims and even part of JUUL is owned by this American tobacco company

Altria (Phillip Morris USA)

400

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

Disney

400

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

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 

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

In the United States, this many people lose their lives due to cigarette smoke per year 

480,000

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

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

Frozen 

500

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

Stranger Things 

500

Tobacco free outdoors, smoke free multi-unit housing, point of sale and this area of focus are Reality Check’s four main initiatives

Smoke Free Movies