美国近期的一项研究显示 ,香烟广告会在一定程度上削弱父母为禁止子女吸烟而作出努力的成效。尽管优秀的父母能够使子女不受到其吸烟的同伴的影响 ,但他们却往往低估了媒体的力量。对加利福尼亚的 16 0 0名年龄在12～ 14岁的少年的调查显示 ,香烟广告使吸烟少年的比例增加了 4 A recent study in the United States shows that advertising on cigarettes will to a certain extent reduce the effectiveness of parents’ efforts to ban their children from smoking. Although good parents are able to keep their children out of their smoking companions, they often underestimate the power of the media. A survey of 160 children aged 12-14 in California showed that cigarette advertising increased the number of smoking teenagers by 4