Influence of Television

Did 1960s TV Influence Kids To Smoke? Jurors Spent The Day Looking At Examples Of Cigarette Placement In Vintage TV Clips The Latest | The Players | They Said It The Paperwork | The Archives: How We Got Here | The Front Page ST. PAUL, Posted 5:28 p.m. March 09, 1998 -- One woman juror kept time with the music as the theme from "The Beverly Hillbillies" was played Monday in Minnesota's tobacco trial to show how cigarettes were marketed to …

…Perry said. A 1994 report cited by Perry found that, of the 3 million people who tried their first cigarette in 1994, 2.5 million were under the age of 18. "If someone doesn't start smoking by age 18, the overwhelming majority will not smoke at all," she said. Meanwhile, the state Court of Appeals on Monday temporarily delayed an order that the defendants must hand over an additional 39,000 secret industry documents to the plaintiffs while the appellate court reviews the order.