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lunes, 28 de septiembre de 2015

Video games with smoking characters lack tobacco warnings

foxnews.com – 25 de Septiembre de 2015 – EEUU

Video games popular with children and teens often feature characters that smoke even though few packages carry warnings about tobacco-related content, a U.S. study suggests.

Researchers asked 65 players, ages 13 to 50, to list their favorite games and recall how many of these depicted tobacco use. Participants remembered playing 118 different games that are evaluated by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), an industry group in the U.S. that provides voluntary content warnings designed to flag themes that may not be appropriate for younger players.

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miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2015

Video Game Warnings Fall Far Short in Rating Tobacco Content

ucsf.edu – 14 de septiembre de 2015 – EEUU 

Video games are not adequately rated for tobacco content, according to a new UC San Francisco study that found video gamers are being widely exposed to tobacco imagery. 

The researchers concluded that a national ratings board set up more than 20 years ago is not a reliable source for learning whether video games contain tobacco imagery.

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