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 scenes1-151 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 storyline1-153 | 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 | 4.221-154 | |||
| 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 storyline1-153 | 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 | 261-154 | |||
↵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 (%).