Tobacco Control Videos

US Med Student on YouTube About Big Tobacco

This 1rst year medical student in Boston uses YouTube to talk about his classes. In this video he talks about the number of smoking videos on YouTube and wonders quoting from Simon Chapman's work  (pdf) if this is a plot of the tobacco industry. An interesting experience and argument: Is Big Tobacco Stealth Marketing To YouTubers? He also mentions Allan Brandt's book: The cigarette century
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I got throat cancer at 39 from smoking

Ronaldo Martinez tells his story in New York city (in english and in spanish) with 4 different TV ads, radio ads and billboards.
WATCH 1  (I could not find them on YouTube)

Pam Laffin: I can't breathe (1999)

Pam Laffin's story. Here is one TV spot. Pam died on october 31, 2000.

An interview (pdf format)

The campaign explained by Greg Connolly (Massachusetts Department of Health). 

How YouTube deals with protest about certain videos

Here is the statement you eventually get: that's not much of a barrier (if not an incentive).
Probably just a first layer of defense in case of litigation.

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A non-smoker with emphysema on YouTube

This is an interesting personal story posted on YouTube. Unfortunately you can see it attracts a much smaller audience (300+ vs 30K+) than the advices about how to smoke :(
The tobacco control community has to get better, much better at this youtube way of communicating about/against smoking.

Promoting Smoking On YouTube

Taylo is an 18 year old YouTuber who shares her opinion and advice about smoking.  Go and see for yourself. I find her quite dangerous with her very cool, simplistic, matter of fact, this is my personal opinion, style. So does Jay Winsten.

25 Ways to quit smoking by Bill Plympton

I discovered this short animated movie by Bill Plympton while searching for "quit smoking" on YouTube.