NeTfLix WorST in ShoWing onScreen Smoking

LOS ANGELES Netflix’s original series contain the highest number of smoking depictions — by far — among TV shows that are popular among young people, according to a new study by antismoking group Truth Initiative.

Netflix shows contained 319 “tobacco incidents” — more than twice the number in broadcast and cable TV shows, which had 139, per the watchdog organisation’s analysis of top series for the 2015-16 season.

Season 1 of supernatural thriller “Stranger Things,” a breakout hit for Netflix, had a whopping 182 tobacco incidents, the highest total among the shows examined. No. 2 was AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” with 94 scenes showing tobacco use, followed by four Netflix shows: “Orange Is the New Black” (45), “House of Cards” (41), “Fuller House” (22), and docu-series “Making a Murderer” (20), according to Truth Initiative.

ABC’s “Modern Family” had 20 “tobacco incidents” during the 2015-16 season; FX’s “American Horror Story” had 15; and Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” had nine.

Asked for comment, a Netflix rep said: “While streaming entertainment is more popular than ever, we’re glad that smoking is not. We’re interested to find out more about the study.”