Tobacco
Level Codes:
| A - Adult | H - Senior High School | IND - Industrial | P - Primary | Pro - Professional |
| C - College | I - Intermediate | J - Junior High School | Pre - Preschool |
| Title | Description | Level | Runtime | # |
| 1992 Great Alaskan Spit Out: Togiak, Alaska | Interviews with Alaskan native youth on the dangers of chewing and dipping tobacco. | 104 | ||
| A Firsthand Lesson In Secondhand Smoke | Focuses on the life-threatening effects of second-hand smoke on children. | 10 min. | 59 | |
| A Witch’s Brew…Secondhand Smoke In The Workplace | From the American Heart Association | A, IND, PRO | 11 min. | 65 |
| Ad Libbing It | For ages 10-15 about misleading advertising for nicotine/alcohol products. ©1991 (Note: This Is On The Same Videotape As “Say Goodbye To Camel Joe”) | I, J, H | 20 min. | 198 |
| AdSmarts | A media literacy curriculum for alcohol and tobacco prevention | A, PRO | 28 min. | 195 |
| BABESWORLD Lesson 11: “Does It Really Make You Cool?” | Learn the facts about smoking and using other forms of tobacco. ©1993 | Pre, K, P | 25 min. | 124 |
| Barb Tarbox | A Life cut short by tobacco. Some content may be disturbing for pre teens. | H, C,A | 16 min. | 299 |
| Brainwash | 12 min. | 274 | ||
| Check It Out | On smoking from the American Cancer Society | J, H, C, A, PRO | 11 min. | 54 |
| Confessions of a Simple Surgeon | An Australian surgeon shows the horrible health effects of smoking and how he and others are fighting the advertising inducing young people to smoke. | J, H, C, A | 21 min. | 66 |
| Consumer Seduction: From Romance To Reality | A compelling documentary exposing the myths surrounding tobacco and alcohol advertising. Hosted by Michael Learned. ©1992 | I, J, H, C | 22 min. | 200 |
| Diary of a Teenage Smoker | Explores the “image” that allures young girls to start smoking. (Has associated Facilitator’s Guide in 400.) | J, H | 26 min. | 18 |
| Huffless, Puffless Dragon | From the American Cancer Society. An animated cartoon that used humor and satire to emphasize the health hazards of cigarette smoking. | 9 min. | 257 | |
| Hugh McCabe: The Coach’s Final Lesson | From the American Lung Association | J, H, C, A, PRO | 18 min. | 248 |
| I Can’t Breathe: A Smokers Story | A timeline of Pam Laffin’s addiction to cigarettes. Pam describes how smoking effected her family, her health and ultimately took her life. The video includes graphic scenes of her lung transplant. | H, C, A | 20 min | 313 |
| I’m No Actor: Perfect Aging Is The Key To Smoother Flavor | Contains information about cigarettes and is intended for viewing by smokers 21 years of age or older. | 60 | ||
| In the Know: Tobacco, Alcohol & Marijuana | Exciting graphics, expert testimony, and four young narrators work together to educate viewers about the tremendous damage that tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana do to users’ lives. This video details the social effects, biological functions, and short- and long-term effects of each substance. (Has Leader’s Guide.) ©2001 | J, H | 23 min. | 108 |
| Introducing The Best Way To Keep Cigarettes Out Of The Hands Of Kids | This training program is designed to help retailers and their employees comply with minimum-age laws. While the program focuses on cigarette age laws, the training techniques can be applied to any age-restricted product. Produced by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. | IND | 52 | |
| Keeping Your Kids Tobacco, Alcohol & Drug Free | Communicating with kids: substance abuse prevention resources for parents. | 30 min. | 280 | |
| Kicking Out Mr. Butts | SLIDE SHOW — Provides medical directors, chemical dependency treatment and prevention professionals and treatment administrators with info pertinent to dealing with tobacco policy, nicotine addiction, and treatment concerns for the alcohol and drug addicted people they serve. | 802 | ||
| Making A Difference: Reducing Minors Access To Tobacco | Minors & preventative measures to reduce tobacco access | 16 min. | 279 | |
| Making a Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft and Global Tobacco Addiction | This videotape is an expose into Philip Morris marketing and holdings (Kraft Foods), and the political sponsorship by Kraft of political candidates. Cancer victims and family members give testimonials about the effects of nicotine addiction on their lives. This videotape also documents the increase in child smoking rates after Philip Morris increased production and marketing efforts in the Czech Republic (after the fall of the Soviet Union) and in Malaysia. Finally, the counter marketing efforts of grass-roots organization, INFACT, are introduced. © 2000 | A, PRO | 29 min. | 213 |
| Pack of Lies — The Advertising of Tobacco | This video reveals as never before, how the tobacco industry must recruit 4000 smokers each day, simply to replace those who either quit or die. ©1992 | H, C, A, PRO | 35 min. | 204 |
| Performance Edge (The) | Positive way to teach young people about the dangers of drinking and smoking | J, H | 9 min. | 403 |
| Right Turns Only | Seven episodes about junior high students producing a videotape about why kids get involved with drugs. Also emphasizes how the students can help each other, the benefits of feeling good about themselves, and the benefits of staying in school. Discusses the detriments of alcohol and tobacco advertising. From Prince George’s County public schools; funded by the Center For Substance Abuse Prevention. © 1992 | J | 7 episodes each approx 22 min. | 34 |
| Saving Lives: Tobacco Prevention Works | This video presents proven solutions to reduce the number of youth that take up smoking. Provides information on how this saves billions of dollars of health care costs and how to lobby for dollars from the tobacco settlement for prevention. ©2001 | PRO | 10 min. | 208 |
| Say Goodbye To Camel Joe | For Jr. High and High School to help stop addiction to tobacco. (Note: This Is On The Same Video Tape As “Ad-Libbing It”) (1992) | I, J, H | 7 min. | 198 |
| Second Chance | Tobacco Education Clearing House of Cal. | 26 min. | 272 | |
| Secrets Through the Smoke | Dr. Wigand shares his experiences about the tobacco industry’s manipulation of the truth. (Has associated Teacher’s Guide and Facilitator’s Guide in 400.) | J, H, A, PRO | Three segments totaling 55 min. | 22 |
| Selling Addiction: Video Segments | A workshop kit on tobacco and alcohol advertising. Hosted by Michael Learned. Video segments to use as discussion starters intended to be use with the Selling Addiction Workshop. (NOTE: Dose not seem very useful by itself.) (Associated workshop kit in #400.) | J, H, C, A | 19 min. | 2 |
| Smoke & Mirrors: A History of Denial | Throughout the 1940’s, the scientific case against the cigarette was building. However, tobacco companies began successful campaigns of misinformation. Today, fifty years of documented denial is finally coming back to haunt the industry. This video examines this sordid past, and illuminates the issues that threaten tobacco’s future. ©1999 | J, H, C, A, PRO | 75 min. (in two parts) | 32 |
| Smokeless…NOT Harmless | Looks back at the many tactics used to sell smokeless tobacco over the past century. | J,H | 5 min. | 504 |
| Smokeless Tobacco: Your Habit Or Your Life | Using interviews with smokeless tobacco users who developed cancer and a dentist who has seen up close the damage smokeless tobacco can cause, this video debunks the myths and exposes snuff and chewing tobacco as the addictive, dangerous they are. | J, H | 16 min. | 16 |
| Smoking: Truth Or Dare | Leeza Gibbons hosts a program of high school students interacting with adults to see the impact of smoking or chewing on the aging process, the suffering when one gets older, and emphysema. | J, H | 52 min. | 11 |
| SOS News At 6:00 | A lively video on smoking prevention, made by seven junior-high students | 31 | ||
| Stop The Sale, Prevent The Addiction | Underscores the magnitude of tobacco use among young people and the importance of stopping the sale of tobacco to minors. | 26 min. | 55 | |
| Subject Is Smoking (The) | Smoking | 30 min. | 273 | |
| Targeted | How Tobacco and Alcohol Companies Try to Get You Hooked | J,H | 24min | 428 |
| Teens and Tobacco | This program documents teens’ attitudes toward smoking, how and why teens smoke, the addictive nature of nicotine, and the many health problems associated with tobacco use. ©1996 | J, H | 19 min. | 106 |
| Teens Taking Action! A Guide To Conducting Tobacco Compliance Checks – Introduction | Brief explanation of age checks required for purchasing cigarettes. Mainly to recruit teens to participate as inspectors. | J, H | 5 min. | 227 |
| Teens Taking Action! A Guide To Conducting Tobacco Compliance Checks | This video and its companion guide are intended to be used to train teen inspectors on how to conduct tobacco sale compliance checks. (Consummated version) | J, H, A | 22 min. | 228 |
| Teens Taking Action! A Guide To Conducting Tobacco Compliance Checks | This video and its companion guide are intended to be used to train teen inspectors on how to conduct tobacco sale compliance checks. (Unconsummated version) | J, H, A | 22 min. | 229 |
| The Tobacco Social Norms Project | Rowan University, Center for Addiction Studies | 328 | ||
| Tobacco Industry’s Targeting Of Women & People Of Color (The) | SLIDE SHOW & BINDER | 801 | ||
| Visitor From The Past | AUDIO CASSETTES (5) – Ten radio dramas designed to present factual information about the health dangers of tobacco while exploring the many ways the tobacco industry uses advertising and the media to encourage young people to use their addictive and unhealthy products. | Ten episodes; each about 8 min. | 910 | |
| Women & Smoking | Hope, progress, answers (Amer. Cancer Soc.) | 14 min. | 277 | |
| Women and Tobacco: Seven Deadly Myths | Supermodel and former smoker, Christy Turlington, hosts this informational short video which dispels the myths that cigarette smokers have about quitting. Some of the myths include: “If I quit, I’ll get fat” and “Smoking doesn’t hurt anyone but me.” The video also briefly examines tobacco industry marketing towards women. | H, C, A | 17 min. | 225 |
| Yes, Let’s Not | Teens discussing peer pressure to smoke or chew and how to resist. Has built-in pauses for leader-led discussion. | I, J | 15 min. (Without pauses) | 3 |
| This Is Your Brain on Tobacco: A Research Update (DVD Version) | Takes viewers inside a brain lab to reveal the latest research on the effects of nicotine on the brain. | I, J. H, A | 16 min. | 438 |
You Can Quit Smoking: Plan for Success |
In English and Spanish, a wealth of critical information, with videos, narration, and images. | I, J, H, A | 15 min. | 389 |
| You’ve Come A Long Way Baby | SLIDE SHOW — Women and tobacco advertising | H, C, A, PRO | About 30 min. | 803 |
