With the theme: “the self-delusion of the cigarette smoker”, records a conversation between two cartoon characters, George, the “quitting” smoker, and his friend. Concludes on a serious but hopeful note, pointing out that the chances of developing serious diseases decrease the moment you stop smoking.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001444
Language
English
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cigarette habit
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cigarette smokers
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tobacco - Physiological effect
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Tobacco habit
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)