Netflix has been singled out for criticism by an anti-smoking organisation, which released research that claims the streaming giant’s original programmes have more than twice as many scenes featuring smoking as its rivals.
“While streaming entertainment is more popular than ever, we’re glad that smoking is not,” a Netflix spokesman said to Variety.
AMC’s The Walking Dead was the next highest, featuring 94 scenes showing tobacco use, according to the research.
It found Netflix shows featured a total of 319 “tobacco incidents” (a definition that covers implied use of a tobacco product), with Stranger Things top of the list for 182 scenes featuring cigarettes.