Smoking scenes are dying out in most films, but not in the Netflix hit Stranger Things NETFLIXIt may be the future of television but Netflix is an example of old habits dying hard. The streaming giant’s shows that are most popular with young people feature a disproportionately high number of smoking scenes, research shows. Cigarettes play a particularly prominent role in Stranger Things, the science fiction series set in 1980s America. Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s GETTY IMAGESResearchers counted a total of 182 “tobacco incidents” in the first series, which centres on a group of schoolchildren battling a mysterious mutant presence in their town. Depictions of smoking…

Source: The Times March 23, 2018 00:00 UTC