Tobacco Control Videos

Thanks Tobacco: You Killed My Mom

This video has been posted on YouTube. It documents (10 minutes) the ordeal of of a mother having lung cancer and a stroke. The children who filmed explain they wanted to honor their Mom's last wishes: tell people not to smoke.

From Hawaii: Just Let Me Breathe

This 60 sec TV ad was created in 2004 for the Hawaii Department of Health. It mixes rap music, comics and skateboarding. WATCH (slow download, thank yo ufor your patience).

Western Australia: Don't smoke at home or in your car.

A new campaign by The Cancer Council Western Australia’s Make Smoking History program will encourage parents to make their home and cars smoke free to protect their children from the dangers of second hand smoke. The TV ads will run from May 27 to June 23. WATCH

From Minnesota: Are You OK With That?

In Minnesota the recent media campaigns produced by ClearWay have focused on secondhand smoke. You can see the 3 TV ads, including one with Heather Crowe (who died on May 22, 2006) on the areyouokwiththat.com site. They emphasize the untimely death of non-smokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke: "involuntary smokers, involuntary deaths".

Quit Goes For The Carotid

Quit Victoria has launched a new graphic TV ad showing a surgical removal of fatty deposits in the neck of a smoker. The goal is to emphasize the risk of stroke for smokers (that was also the theme of the recent media campaign in New South Wales). The ad is also posted on YouTube that tells us the ad will run on TV from May 31 to June 23.

World No Tobacco Day 2007: 100% Smoke-Free Environments. GLK Video creates a special blog where is hosted a selection of videos on this theme.

This blog is the contribution of the GLOBALink's Multi Media Center and GLKvideo to this year World No Tobacco Day.
From all the TV ads we survey and collect we have selected this series focusing on smoke-free environments.

8 TV Ads from California now available on TobaccoFreeCA

The TobaccoFreeCA site now hosts 8 TV ads from past campaigns but there are no direct links so you'll have to go to the page, until geeks find ways to post them on YouTube :)
Showing California's lingustic diversity there are ads in spanish, in chinese, korean and english...

Hangman by Burak Kaynak

Burak Kaynak is based in Istambul. He created this image and the animated film to incite viewers to stop smoking. You can see it on YouTube.

How I Quit Smoking by Samadou Coulibaly on YouTube

Samadou Coulibaly is from Burkina Faso. He smoked for 25 years and tells how he quit 7 years ago. He also explains why he favors smoke-free public places. In French. On YouTube.
Filmed by Mike and Jean.

An Abusive Spot

This spot that assimilates second-hand smoke to physical abuse was produced for the American Lung Association of Maryland. It was taken off YouTube and other places after complaints were voiced and apologies offered. The controversy is detailed on Siegel's blog. WATCH