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Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool

Teacher’s Guide for High School



Your Opinions

Directions: Circle the best answer and be prepared to defend your choice.

  1. What is your perception of tobacco use in film?
    1. The amount of smoking realistically reflects smoking in society.
    2. Smoking is minimal in films and is only used for necessary dramatic effect.
    3. Depiction of smoking in films happens more frequently than smoking in the general public.
    4. No opinion.
  2. Product placement of cigarettes, which is the process of arranging for an actor to use a particular brand of cigarettes in a film, was banned in 1998. Since that time, do you think that smoking in films has
    1. Increased?
    2. Decreased?
    3. Stayed the same?
  3. The film industry’s depiction of tobacco in the last decade has been
    1. Responsible.
    2. Irresponsible.
    3. No opinion.
  4. Do you believe that what people see in film affects their knowledge?
    1. Yes.
    2. No.
  5. Do you believe that what people see in film affects their attitudes, opinions, beliefs, and values?
    1. Yes.
    2. No.
  6. Do you believe that what people see in film affects their behavior?
    1. Yes.
    2. No.
  7. Do actors who smoke in films influence young people’s smoking behavior?
    1. Yes.
    2. No.
    3. It depends on the situation.
  8. When an actor smokes on-screen, it is most often because
    1. The director thinks it’s a good idea.
    2. The writer put it in the script.
    3. The actor thinks it fits the character and situation.
    4. The actor smokes in real life.

 

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