From smoking to stigma: how screen stories influence health
The Conversation Africa
byVikram Niranjan, Assistant Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick
Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 08:23 AM
From smoking and drinking to body image and stigma, screen stories can shape how audiences think about health, risk and what counts as normal.
What people see on screen can shape what they do off it. When actors such as James Dean and Marlon Brando lit cigarettes in 1950s rebel films, smoking came to signify cool, defiance and desire for an… [+5880 chars]
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eng
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The Conversation Africa
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entertainment
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