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1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min. 42 sec.) ; 277107739 bytes |
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Cigarettes are the most lethal consumer product on the planet. Every year over 5 million customers of the tobacco industry die. The product costs taxpayers billions of dollars in health care, as smokers battle illnesses related to their addiction. In this special edition of Four Corners, running over two nights, award-winning reporter Peter Taylor investigates why thousands of young people around the world are still taking up smoking daily, and how the tobacco companies continue to turn big profits.We get an insight into how these powerful corporations manipulate smokers and seduce the young, potential victims of the fatal addiction. The film also takes a look at the industry's fight against increasing regulations, from the banning of smoking in public places, plain packaging and legislation demanding cigarette packets show pictures depicting the horrific impact of smoking on people.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Written and reported by Peter Taylor. Series producer and director Mike Rudin |
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Broadcast 2014-09-29 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Cigarette package labels.
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Lungs -- Cancer.
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Smoking -- Health aspects.
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Tobacco industry -- Government policy.
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Tobacco use.
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Australia.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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O'Brien, Kerry, host
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Taylor, Peter, reporter
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Baldwin, David, contributor
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Bates, Clive, contributor
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Bauld, Linda, contributor
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Chantler, Cyril, contributor
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Clarke, John, contributor
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Daube, Mike, contributor
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Fitzgerald, Tim, contributor
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Flanagan, Ronnie, contributor
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Long, Alan, contributor
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Mcintyre, Scott, contributor
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O'Reilly, David, contributor
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Pike, Kate, contributor
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Reilly, James, contributor
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Roxon, Nicola, contributor
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Sweanor, David, contributor
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Wakefield, Melanie, contributor
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Weetman, Matt, contributor
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Wheaton, Kingsley, contributor
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