Frequency and duration of tobacco-related scenes in television dramas for Japanese young audiences

Drama	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	Total
Television station	N	N	F	F	F	T	T	T
Year of broadcasting	1995	1996	1995	1996	1996	1995	1996	1996
Total number of episodes	12	13	11	11	11	12	13	11	94
Total hours of broadcasting (hours:min:s)^1-150	9:28:47	9:15:45	8:28:32	9:18:39	8:49:15	9:12:00	9:58:47	8:28:41	73:00:26
Number of tobacco-related scenes^1-151 ^1-152	11	15	19	58	71	46	22	66	308	(100.0)
Smoking scenes	8	11	16	46	62	37	21	54	255	(82.8)^1-160
Having a link with the storyline^1-153	3	2	3	6	6	9	0	12	41	(13.3)^1-160
By the main actor/actress	1	0	3	32	27	34	0	39	136	(44.2)^1-160
By women	0	2	3	9	1	1	4	29	49	(15.9)^1-160
Number of tobacco-related scenes per hour	1.16	1.62	2.24	6.24	8.05	5.00	2.21	7.80	4.22^1-154
Total minutes of tobacco-related scenes (min:s)^1-151	5:21	2:44	5:34	30:46	19:21	22:47	13:54	34:38	2:15:05	(3.1)^1-164
Smoking scenes	4:18	2:07	4:47	27:49	17:12	19:40	13:39	32:25	2:01:57	(90.4)^1-161
Having a link with the storyline^1-153	1:23	0:18	1:31	2:47	2:10	5:42	0	12:22	26:13	(19.3)^1-161
Duration per tobacco-related scene(s)	29	11	18	32	16	30	38	31	26^1-154

↵1-150 The sum of video recording hours.
↵1-151 Cigarette smoking, holding between one's lips, handling of cigarettes/packages, purchasing and ashtrays.
↵1-152 Cuts of the same sequence were counted as one scene.
↵1-153 Dialogue regarding smoking/tobacco or explanatory scenes with tobacco use, such as implying passing of time.
↵1-154 Average.
↵1-160 Proportion to the number of tobacco-related scenes (%).
↵1-164 Proportion to the total hours of broadcasting (%).
↵1-161 Proportion to the total minutes of tobacco-related scenes (%).

Tobacco-related scenes in television dramas for young Japanese audiences