Smoking in the movies is back in a big way, and "tweens" and teens who see a lot of those flicks are much more likely to try smoking themselves, researchers report. Nearly 32 percent of the youngsters ...

REUTERS - Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters, no matter what the film's rating is, are more likely to start smoking themselves, according to a new U.S. study. The lead ...

Hello all, this is my first entry as a Psychology Today blogger. I am a social psychologist who has done research on a number of topics related to self-knowledge. I'm also interested in how social ...

WASHINGTON — Movies and cigarettes have long gone together like Bogey and Bacall, but after years of pressure from advocacy groups, films will now get tougher ratings if their characters light up. The ...

As a bunch of movies opens in theaters this holiday season, will you be watching what the stars are wearing? How they're acting? Whether they're smoking? Groups that work to keep young people from ...

Wicked-mania is here, and after seeing the Wicked movie with my two kids, the visually stunning and perfectly cast movie is definitely here to stay. Wicked made $114 million domestically in its ...