In 2008 the US National Cancer Institute published an extensive review of studies on the effects of on-screen smoking, concluding that exposure to on-screen smoking is not merely associated with smoking among young people: it causes young people to start smoking
In Britain the survey group Mass Observation found that women had to train themselves to like cigarettes or as one described it give at least an appearance of enjoyment
Meanwhile, revenue in the other tobacco products tax category in the general fund budget increased from zero in 2015-16 to about $84 million in 2016-17
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Health and Lifestyle Research Unit at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London Professor Neal Benowitz
Brody AL, Mandelkern MA, Olmstead RE, Allen-Martinez Z, Scheibal D, Abrams AL et al (2009a)