Tobacco Prevention Series
No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Smoking Kills (#101)
Hairy tongue, head and neck cancers, lung cancer, tar, phlegm, bad breath, yellow teeth, wrinkled skin, people with laryngectomies and many other sights and sounds are presented in this definitive look at the ravages of tobacco. Teen viewers discover that they are prime targets of tobacco advertisers. Viewers meet victims such as twenty-year-old Michael Carmichael who lost half of his leg due to a tobacco-related disease. The program also alerts teens to the newest tobacco dangers of herbal cigarettes and bidis.
Education Record Rights: Recording/duplication allowed as long as IPTV broadcasts the series.
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Program Description: This new series is designed to provide teen viewers with up-to-date, research-based information on the dangers of tobacco use. The programs reinforce a strong “no use” message and include the latest science on nicotine addiction, second-hand smoke, short and long-term health consequences, spit tobacco, media and advertising awareness, and cessation methods targeted to teen smokers.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Past Episodes
These episodes of Tobacco Prevention Series aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Beyond Cold Turkey: Tobacco Quitting Methods (#108)
- Kicking Nicotine: A How-to for Students (#107)
- Up in Smoke (#106)
- Targeted: How Tobacco and Alcohol Companies Try to Get You Hooked (#105)
- Spit Tobacco Exposed (#104)
- Secondhand Smoke: A Matter of Life and Breath (#103)
- How I Quit Smoking and Saved My Life (#102)
- No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Smoking Kills (#101)
