Suckers

Synopsis

David Bellamy describes how and why tobacco came to Europe, and explains the biochemical secrets behind its addictive appeal. H epresents some remarkable facts and figures about just how lethal it can be, and offers vivid and harrowing human evidence of the crippling damage tobacco can inflict. He suggests that big business and governments help to foster this habit which killed 100,000 smokers in Britain in 1984.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

1990

Documentation

Accompanying booklet

Subjects

Health Education

Keywords

addiction; smoking

Distribution Formats

Type

VHS

Format

PAL

Price

£12.00 (+VAT +p&p) hire £25.00 (+VAT +p&p) sale

Availability

Sale Hire

Duration/Size

25 minutes

Year

2003

Production Company

Name

Project Icarus

Phone

023 9232 4248

Address

214a Havant Road
Portsmouth
PO6 2EH

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.