Comedy Movie Parodying Tobacco Executives Up in Smoke DVD 1960
May 6, 2009 by Stop Smoking · Leave a Comment
Comedy Movie Parodying Tobacco Executives Up in Smoke DVD 1960
Up in Smoke is a comedic skewering of the tobacco industry. “The Boss” is the head of the Humbar tobacco cigarette company who goes ballistic when his profits stop climbing or anyone is able to stop smoking. He sends his marketing team out to blitz the American public with dishonest messages about tobacco in order to encourage more people to take up the deadly habit, not providing honest facts about smoking. In particular, the marketers are told to get everyone to smoke: men, women, and children (this is a very early film to address teen smoking). The greedy executive’s son, an athlete and an all-around good guy, comes to the office to see his dad and gets Shanghai’d by the marketing executives who want to make him a selling point. Dad sees the error of his ways and gets a newfound respect for the value of human lives and the harmful effects of smoking with a little help from his goody-two-shoes son. Up in Smoke was made by Brigham Young University to dramatize the evils of smoking, which it does, but unintentionally provides big laughs and entertainment with kooky dialogue and cartoonish characters. The history of cigarette smoking and side effects has never been as enjoyable as in this anti-smoking movie.
Vintage Cigarette Promotional Movie The Sixth Sense DVD 1949
May 5, 2009 by Stop Smoking · Leave a Comment
Vintage Cigarette Promotional Movie The Sixth Sense DVD 1949
The Sixth Sense details cigarette manufacturing and quality control before the link between cancer and cigarettes was confirmed. There are some good shots of tobacco farms and workers plowing and harvesting. Then the film shows the inner workings of the cigarette industry, with nice footage of cigarette manufacture, mostly Lucky Strikes. The most interesting part of the film, however, is the footage of the American Tobacco Companys research lab, which is the sixth sense of the title that lets them develop the finest product on the market. The narrator comments that the researchers are always developing new ways to improve cigarettes and it is even revealed that they were working with the University of Virginias medical school. Fantastically relevant given today’s hostile climate towards tobacco companies, The Sixth Sense is a pertinent and important film.
Conducting an Effective Stop Smoking Session Hypnotherapy
May 3, 2009 by Stop Smoking · Leave a Comment
Conducting an Effective Stop Smoking Session Hypnotherapy
Smoke cessation is one of the staples of a hypnotherapy practice. Successful smoke cessation sessions provide both income and referrals for other therapies. This video DVD provides insight into effective techniques for effective smoke cessation sessions. (Note: Exams for this DVD course that can provide valuable CEU credits are available through Masters Center for an additional fee.)
Cancer Education and History Movie You Are the Switchman DVD 1951
May 1, 2009 by Stop Smoking · Leave a Comment
Cancer Education and History Movie You Are the Switchman DVD 1951
You are the Switchman educates people on the warning signs of cancer and urges them to consult a medical professional at any sign of danger. Two parallel stories unfold, all about a man who finds a sore on his lip that wont seem to heal. In one story, he refuses to go to the doctor until it is too late. In the other, the victim consults a physician early on, which allows him to happily smoke a pipe with his wife and son, cured of his cancer. Various treatments for cancer are discussed, including x-rays, radium, and surgery, but the film makes the point that early detection is the best way to survive cancer. The film gives the survival rates for certain types of cancer, including breast, skin, and uterine cancer. The title of the film reveals its overall message: like a railroad worker who switches train tracks, individuals must decide whether theyre going to take the track towards early prevention and health, or inaction and death. A wonderful vintage film on the powerful threat that is cancer, this video’s message remains important today.
Doctor Naglers Hypnosis to Stop Smoking
April 30, 2009 by Stop Smoking · Leave a Comment
Doctor Naglers Hypnosis to Stop Smoking
Bill Nagler, M.D., has appeared on Larry King Live, CBS This Morning, Montel Williams, Jenny Jones, Phil Donahue, Joan Rivers and Sally Jesse Raphael. He is the author of Instant Weight Loss and has been featured in USA Today, Cosmopolitan and Self. Doctor Nagler is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of California and a Harvard Fellowship. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Bariatric Medicine.
