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The last cigarette

Since everyone knows that smoking isn't good for you, why do so many people smoke? That's one of the questions posed in this documentary that looks at the role of the cigarette in our culture and how tobacco has become so important in the American mindset. Footage of 1994 congressional hearings, in which tobacco industry representatives attempt to defend their actions and their product, are interspersed with clips from vintage Hollywood films, in which the likes of John Wayne, Bette Davis, and Burt Lancaster enjoy a smoke with no small enthusiasm, and television commercials from the 1950s and 1960s, in which the "smooth," "clean," "fresh" tastes of various cigarettes are praised. The film also includes excerpts from a "smoking porn" video (in which sexy but clothed women smoke and talk about how much cigarettes turn them on) and less amusing footage of nicotine experiments performed on laboratory animals.

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  • "(Producer) Uses a compilation of Hollywood clips, vintage cigarette commercials, anti-smoking scare films, and Congressional battle footage. It casts a satirical eye on the notably uncivilized tactics employed by both sides in today's smoking wars."
  • "Since everyone knows that smoking isn't good for you, why do so many people smoke? That's one of the questions posed in this documentary that looks at the role of the cigarette in our culture and how tobacco has become so important in the American mindset. Footage of 1994 congressional hearings, in which tobacco industry representatives attempt to defend their actions and their product, are interspersed with clips from vintage Hollywood films, in which the likes of John Wayne, Bette Davis, and Burt Lancaster enjoy a smoke with no small enthusiasm, and television commercials from the 1950s and 1960s, in which the "smooth," "clean," "fresh" tastes of various cigarettes are praised. The film also includes excerpts from a "smoking porn" video (in which sexy but clothed women smoke and talk about how much cigarettes turn them on) and less amusing footage of nicotine experiments performed on laboratory animals."@en
  • "Explores smoking and tobacco and how it has been portrayed in TV and movies."@en
  • "Shows segments of the 1994 U.S. House of Representative's Health and the Environment Subcommittee hearings on tobacco products and health, during which the CEOs of the major tobacco companies testified. Interspersed with the House hearing segments are television advertisements and clips from motion pictures showing people using tobacco products. Includes discussion of the addictive effects of nicotine, the industries' marketing strategies, and the executives' statements that use of tobacco products is neither addicting nor damaging to health. There is no narration. Viewers are to draw their own conclusions."
  • "Home use only."@en
  • "Appeal of tobacco, its mythology and cultural significance in history. Compilation of archival material including Hollywood clips, vintage cigarette commercials, anti-smoking campaigns, Congressional battle footage and excerpts from classroom and scientific reels."

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  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Comedy films"
  • "Comedy"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Feature films"
  • "History"@en
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  • "The Last cigarette"
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  • "The last cigarette"
  • "The last Cigarette"

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