2022-07-05

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Knowing Better

Cigarettes are bad for you - you know they're bad for you. But how did they convince us to ignore that fact and do it anyway?

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How Did We Discover Smoking Causes Cancer? | Patrick Kelly

https://youtu.be/zm3S71Gk1qE

Thanks to Patrick Kelly

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXGtJRfZ_pmJgKKE67PeCEA

https://www.youtube.com/c/Corporis/

https://twitter.com/PatKellyTeaches

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-Books-

The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America (2009)

Allan M. Brandt - https://amzn.to/399QkAd

Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette (2021)

Keith Wailoo - https://amzn.to/3P6mYmU

-Documentaries-

Butt Out: The Life and Death of Cigarette Advertising on TV (1992) - https://youtu.be/HcUt_L9suJo

Bright Leaves (1992) - https://www.kanopy.com/video/110134

Modern Marvels: How Tobacco is Made (2006) - https://youtu.be/gdV_1u-TodY

Addiction Incorporated (2011) - https://amzn.to/3MNTpES

Merchants of Doubt (2014) - https://amzn.to/3FCXA3T

Broken S1E2 "Big Vape" (2019) - https://www.netflix.com/title/81002391

-Youtube Videos-

Jeffrey Wigand: The Big Tobacco Whistleblower - https://youtu.be/1_-Vu8LrUDk

Penn & Teller on Broadway | Talks at Google - https://youtu.be/5siSa4A9M_Q

Tobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - https://youtu.be/6UsHHOCH4q8

Astroturfing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - https://youtu.be/Fmh4RdIwswE

The Twenty One Conspiracy - https://youtu.be/hdKbur-jVy0

-Websites-

https://www.mass.gov/doc/juul-complaint/download

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/tobacco_industry/menthol-cigarettes/index.html

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/347724

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6093322/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61887753

https://www.npr.org/2013/10/13/233449505/15-years-later-where-did-all-the-cigarette-money-go

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/health/menthol-ban-fda.html

https://thehill.com/news/administration/3469386-bidens-planned-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-divides-black-americans/

-Movies and TV-

Bright Leaf (1950) - https://amzn.to/37C3pCc

Cold Turkey (1971) - https://amzn.to/3L3a0Dm

The Insider (1999) - https://amzn.to/39l1F0u

Bill Maher: Be More Cynical - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250256/

Thank You For Smoking (2005) - https://amzn.to/38ICq7P

Penn & Teller: Bullsh!t! S1E5 "Second Hand Smoke" (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0672536/

South Park S7E13 "Butt Out" (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705898/

Chappelle's Show - I Know Black People Pt. 1 (2004) - https://youtu.be/oDcA9BIB_NQ

Mad Men S1E1 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007) - https://amzn.to/3OY1CYF

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Video Credits -

Jaws (1975) - You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Scene (4/10) | Movieclips - https://youtu.be/2I91DJZKRxs

AHA Vintage Anti-Smoking PSAs - https://youtu.be/GLT36rS0XO4

Video 184939808 © Pavel Nadelyayev | Dreamstime.com

HErbHELP - https://youtu.be/UggCEbFA9_o

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/inside-city-hall/2019/11/22/sharpton-on-bloomberg--dermot-shea-and-menthol-cigarettes

https://twitter.com/thereval/status/1198266186250833920

https://www.c-span.org/video/?56038-1/oversight-tobacco-products-part-1

https://www.c-span.org/video/?56061-1/oversight-tobacco-products-part-2

https://www.c-span.org/video/?56436-1/tobacco-research-disclosure

Photo Credits -

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ELLEADwdR4ir2OcBStW82BgmKA4FLJO7IM-tTZIO05k/edit?usp=sharing

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Production Assistant - Rozarah

https://twitter.com/AmandaLlara

Research Assistant - Jesspsettle

https://twitter.com/JessPSettle

Music - Michael Cotten

http://www.mwcotten.com

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Amazon ► https://amzn.to/2zbsfHd

Channel Art - PoetheWonderCat

https://twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe

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0:00 Introduction

2:47 Invention and Popularization

20:26 Health Concerns

42:57 Targeted Advertising

55:57 Litigation

1:18:32 Vaping

1:24:21 Conclusion

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