Examines the problem of smoking from a medical and sociological standpoint, avoiding scare tactics and preaching. Excerpts from the Surgeon-General’s Report, an animated drawing of lung function and an explanation by Dr James Sherman substantiate the case against smoking. Traces smoking from its Spanish heritage, through the Middle East, to the New World and updates the course of events by analogies to the pollution problem. Presented by James Brolin.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009932
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Tobacco industry
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Chronic diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cigarette habit
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cigarette smokers
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Smoking
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)