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Cigarettes: Who Profits? Who Dies?

  • Topics: global and domestic tactics of tobacco advertising
  • Brief Summary: This program features former cigarette models who are dying of cigarette related cancer, who were once selected because of their wholesome young looks to persuade others to become addicted to cigarettes. It shows not only the devastating results, but the new international tactics devised by American tobacco companies in the face of falling demand for their products in this country.
  • Date of Release: 1998
  • Length: 49 min
  • Where was it produced/filmed & in what language: filmed in U.S., Malaysia, Taiwan; English