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Cigarette blues

United States, 1985
film

As Texas blues singer Sonny Rhodes performs a song about a lover who died from smoking cigarettes, the film shows a sculpture made entirely of butts from the ..

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Puffed out

Australia, 1981
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Where there's smoke

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Breaking the habit

United States, 1964
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Cigarette smoking

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Best friends

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Cigarettes

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When the smoke clears

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Low light and blue smoke: Big Bill blues

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Smoke, anyone?

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The Drag

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Cancer by the carton

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Confessions of a Simple Surgeon

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Diary of a teenage smoker

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Smoke screen

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Leave it to the chimneys

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Cross my heart

Australia, 01 JAN 1990-31 DEC 1990
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Crossroads

United States, 1986
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