"Movie smoking" refers to the act of characters smoking in movies. It is a term used to describe when actors or actresses are shown smoking on screen as part of the story. Full definition
There was a significant increase of about 100 movie smoking occurrences for each added year of age, and boys had seen, on average, 220 more occurrences than girls. (jamanetwork.com)
In addition, going to the movie theater more than once per month was associated with an average increase of more than 300 movie smoking depictions (about 20 %). (jamanetwork.com)
Some studies that have shown a connection between movie smoking and behavior were «recall» studies in which smokers were more likely to say they remembered seeing a lot of smoking in movies. (health.com)