Smoking - Anatomy of an addiction industry | DW Documentary

[@laaaliiiluuu]

Our economy runs on addiction: nicotine, drugs, alcohol, junk food, soda, fast fashion, pornography, shopping, money, power, status etc.

[@roberta9833]

Yes 👍

[@Swellington_]

the whole world economy

[@54tellite]

Exactly, and many of these other industries are much more powerful than big tobacco. It amazes me how normalized alcohol is, despite the fact that it's victims are often decades younger than those who die from smoking. I remember being at a sports event where kids with their parents would make some noise to fill up a virtual glass with beer.

[@takingbacktheplanet]

d-o-p-a-m-i-n-e. :sip: (as he is taking a literal sip of beer with the vape nearby (though not about to or wanting at all to take a puff) though it usually means something totally non-alcohol-related in my jargon. 😅)

[@davechristian7543]

not if the millennials have anything to do wit it pmsl

[@danmalim6919]

I was a 2 packeter a day I stopped 10years ago. My lungs are still self cleaning themselves. The body is so unique. I regret ever starting but never will regret stopping.

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[@paleggett1897]

I was born into a chain smoker family (WWII Pacific Theatre Navy vet)…. and was an occasional smoker in HS and at college. and 2-3 packs a day my junior & senioryears… I quit cold turkey at age 25. Clean since… 46 years this January.

[@monicaperez2843]

Congratulations! 😊

[@mehmaanaadmi9560]

Congratulations sir

[@ChrisDefalcoblues]

Well done, nice to have health isn't it

[@thomasnewton8997]

Amazing well done

[@paleggett1897]

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[@Adrianogba]

In Brazil I'm seeing kids smoking more and more on recent years. I lost my grandfather to smoking, he died coughing pieces of his melted darkened lungs, a horrible way to die. I'm really worried for the next generations, smoking is becoming one more on the huge amount of issues they will have to deal with.

[@malangbarry9964]

Me watching this while am smoking is actually insane 😅

[@NirmayprasadYadav]

You are in denger 💀☠️

[@sav3d-o1j]

Download “quit smoking in 2 hr “ by Jason Vale , also look for tablets that’d help you quit( nicotine free ) ! There’s no pleasure in smoking, let’s be honest ❤

[@firebladeflow]

get ozempic it helps with withdrawal and the wish to smoke

[@maxchonxston]

o doyle rules

[@RayanThapa-xl3xy]

It means you want to quit....and have no courage....be strong 💪u can do it.

[@ShakeerAkramashu]

Thanks, DW for spreading awareness about tobacco

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[@arnoldwilson5377]

Gold standard journalism

[@terencebaloyi3837]

i'm at day 94 without smoking and i'm glad i quit smoking.

[@salahbouzdig]

keep going man you goes in the turth way come on

[@terencebaloyi3837]

@@salahbouzdig now at 139 days

[@necessaryevil455]

Corporations promote personal choice, which allows people to harm themselves while they profit. Then, governments become addicted to the money.

[@anibalopina]

Magnificent and informative documentary as per usual.

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[@Simpaulme]

Nothing normal about candy - also a lethal addiction! Let's face it - convenience stores are not healthy stores.

[@davidbrown4271]

Convenient stores are the Devil , I’m staying out from now on

[@mscardioqueen]

You will never get an interview or any correspondence from these cigarette makers. I tried to when I was in college for my journalism program. That was in 2005.

[@monicaperez2843]

I am almost 67, and both my parents were heavy smokers. Even though I never smoked, I have allergies and asthma as a result. Every time I see young people vaping, it breaks my heart!

[@amalitad6459]

OMG . I smoke occasionally. But my parents never smoked

[@ronniew3229]

67 and still blaming your parents. 😂

[@dubaiedge]

I'm sorry that happened to you. My brother has the same story, the lifelong consequences now pushing 70. When I was born, my grandmother made my mother stop smoking around me in my crib, so I was lucky to escape asthma. Take care ❤

[@monicaperez2843]

@@ronniew3229 Not blaming my parents. They didn't know better, as smoking was promoted as "healthy." Just trying to educate the generations that follow.

[@titot.v1574]

That has nothing to do with your parents , genetically speaking.

[@jozsefrech2452]

The vape company's as same like McDonald's and others. Get the people addict in the early ages and you will have customers for whole life. Get richer and richer every day.

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DW is the best media channel in the whole wide world! No capping!

[@edgardobenitez8378]

All multinational companies around the world have one thing in common, they disregard the consequences of their products for as long as they get rich from the destruction of the environment and deaths of people.😢

[@byvviuhoi]

I hope that we see a similar documentary on alcohol soon

[@rockystonewolf]

Two points you missed: Some countries (Norway) have removed cigarettes away from the consumers general view. They are hid now. Snus, a form of chewing tobacco, hence smokeless, is still popular in the Scandinavian countries.

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[@lbchaves-xyz]

Excellent documentary, should be shown on schools.

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I hope DW will be as sincere as that in all topics

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Dear DW, You are my favorite documentary channel. Stay away from bias and anything that might influence you. Let not governments control you or hide the truth.👏

[@anita4609]

I found nicotine to be the hardest to quit and quickest to get addicted to of many substances I have tried, and I know I'm not the only one sharing this experience. I think it should be illegal to sell, but at least illegal to advertise in any way🚭

[@forlua]

I was shocked when I saw German people smoking while walking with their kids, at train stations and bus stops, etc. In general, the Germans are very well-known for their enthusiasm for protecting their rights, but how on earth do people think smoking in the presence of the other in public is the right thing to do. All my friends who visited Germany were very disappointed with the smoking behavior there. It is highly irresponsible and a total lack of self-awareness.

[@akula9400]

In Germany, Smoking is such a huge problem still - i cannot even force my neighbor not to smoke on the balcony…

[@gabbyn978]

That reminds me of a text that I found in a 1970ies staple novel, written as a 'testimony of the friend of someone who decided to stop smoking' in which the ex-smoker was described as formerly agreeable, but after the stop having turned into an unbearable grouch on a mission to make other people stop, too. The poorly hidden message obviously was, don't stop smoking because it will turn you into something miserable. (I hated the text, as a passive smoker with no way to escape)

[@CadyCadwell]

a friend of mine died of throat cancer at the age of 20yo but my uncle whom are 3packs daily smoker lived a healthy life live currently 60yo and still working, never went to hospital or sick. some people are just has good tolerance others are not so fortunate.

[@SWExplore]

Of course, there is no such thing as "healthy smoking". The tobacco industry should be prosecuted and have their businesses shut down.

[@dubaiedge]

I grew up with these ads everywhere, including on tv. Its a big part of why I don't trust doctors & so-called scientific medical research. Wherever there's big money involved, corporations, do your own research. You just may save your own life.

[@ChrisDefalcoblues]

The industry of death, often earlier than it should happen.

[@jakemoeller7850]

Years of struggling to quit tobacco was a difficult path. February 2025 will be two years being nicotine-free. To have the ability to breathe well again is a true blessing.

[@ligdjumvidja8294]

Normally DW is pumping ridiculous propaganda when they touch upon politics but I must give you credit for this very well made documentary. Good job.

[@Hope_is_Love]

Just remember there's still literally commercials out there floating around from doctors in the 60s recommending cigarettes. Now apply that in today's world just because someone has gone to school for a profession doesn't mean they're doing it for the right reasons. Don't just blindly trust a doctor because they went to school. It took the sixth doctor to find out I had brain tumors.... Everybody else was calling me crazy or hysterical.

[@dubaiedge]

Exactly.

[@rickeycook7940]

Great Documentary D W! I could never get pass the smell from the smoke to even consider taking a puff, which i concluded if the smell is that bad, just think of the awful chemicals that are put in this stuff!

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[@kathleenhealey3820]

Smoking stinksbon every level health breath body odour clothes +surrounding furniture / whole house hair car hands yuk pasty face yellowed/grey skintone , ALL of IT ....GROSS ....NO😂T ME , My friend XXXXX ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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[@aliasincognito0]

As someone from the United States who has traveled to Europe extensively, it bizarre how we are so behind in many ways except when it comes to smoking. At least where I live in California and amongst my demographic, I haven't seen a lit cigarette for a while. I even forgot how it smelled like until I traveled to other countries where it seems at least 25 percent of the population smokes.

[@NyanyiC]

I'm from Zimbabwe and I was exposed to the most cigarette smoke when I moved to Sweden

[@TheStockwell]

I know what you're talking about. Whenever I travel overseas, an evening out automatically guarantees a dry cleaning bill in order to get my clothing fumigated. 🤔

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Your gun culture makes up for it.

[@SalznPfeffer658]

NZ is more strict than the US. The average cost of a pack of marlboro start at 23usd and anyone born after 2009 will never be able to purchase nicotine products amongst other restrictions. Not sure if it's better but coming from NZ, it's been a huge shock living in Germany and Austria these past 15 years and having to combat this normalised addiction. I started smoking the first 5 years in order to socialise and practice my German but gave it up as I ultimately never grew up with it as a norm. Plus I detest the smell. I wore contact lenses when I was young and remember working behind the bar at nightclubs & music festivals in 2000-2005 suffering the inside smoking as I worked. Super glad that ended.

[@ciarandevaney385]

California, drug addiction??

[@dlewis8405]

I got hooked on cigs around age 16. At that age I was susceptible to peer pressure. I was 45 when I was finally able to quit for good. At age 55 I will probably avoid health problems from the habit, at least that is what the long term health studies show.

[@eggplantandpeach]

Philip Morris offer gaslighting along with their smoke free cigarettes. *For those outside of Australia. A packet of cigarettes is around $50+ AUD. Most of that goes to tax and it hasn't discouraged smokers.

[@MrSociofobs]

A shame, that vaping has turned into, practically, its own worst enemy. It wasn't like this a decade ago. It was, and can still be the best smoking alternative, and/or the best means to quit, but that's now overshadowed by more (young) people getting into vaping, than smokers quitting because of it. Don't blame the thing itself, blame the businesses doing everything they can to make the most money from it.

[@son_60han]

40 year and never smoking or vaping ✌🏼 But i have a weak body 😔

[@Simpaulme]

Why is the Philip Morris document to the Swiss Federal agency confidential?

[@kamaldin5913]

The problem with me is I keeps on relapsing

[@belizarius_997]

I worked in tobacco industry for two decades. Since the adverse effects of smoking were publicised, smokers became a tiny fraction of employees (three, maybe four people out of the entire office floor). Nonetheless, even for us - non-smokers, the first prototypes of icos were a big surprise as they coincided with the mass rise of much cheaper vapes. We could not fathom why PMI insisted on the usage of tobacco instead of glycol-based solutions. However, since cigarettes were extremely profitable in certain markets, the company could not simply stop making them. Icos became a "healthier" alternative made of the same/similar materials.

[@JKHTX]

7:48 Interesting chewing tobacco/dip arent included in the three types. Are they not popular or not available where this was filmed?

[@akula9400]

In Switzerland, dip / snus/ zyn etc. are indeed available and a huge problem, but i think the docu was focused on smoking only

[@LifeofHum]

Truly eye opener! I believe smoking like high speed car driving or riding motorcycle is a form of death-drive, most strong in young people...

[@christianmartinez76845]

I'm just a chill guy with my $51K biweekly and not bothered about anything else anymore!!!..

[@Godfirst230]

I'm feeling really motivated. Could you share some details about the bi-weekly topic you brought up?

[@christianmartinez76845]

Yeah sounds impossible, yet with Maria Luisa Clare, I've come to the conclusion that financially anything is possible. I got my self my dream car 🚗 just last weekend and a whooping $320k in savings already, My journey with her started after my best friend came back from New York and saw me suffering in debt then told me about her and how to change my life through her. Maria L. Clare is the kind of person one needs in his or her life! I got a home, a good wife, and a beautiful daughter. Note!:: this is not a promotion but me trying to make a point that no matter what happens, always have faith and keep living!!

[@TiphanyMarry]

Wow 😱 I know her too! Miss Maria Luisa Clare is a remarkable individual whom has brought immense positivity and inspiration into my life.

[@TiphanyMarry]

I got started with a miserly $1500. The results have been mind blowing I must say TBH!!

[@MikeGodfrey-ri3nm]

[@ilovehihats]

i never understood how tobacco could become so addictive. I would smoke it at parties/social gatherings when invited, then I would buy packs myself when i was depressed, but I could never finish them, and usually threw away the packs with a whoel bunch of cigs left inside. The aftertaste it left in my mouth, the awful smell it left in my fingers and clothes, it was just yuck.

[@Onethingtosay]

Cigarette companies don't want to answer. The typical kind of response from companies that are hiding something always.

[@tristanvillalontriss9220]

That is also a problem here in the Philippines, and in all parts of the world actually

[@justayoutuber1906]

Remember, smoking is 100% preventable. Those tell-tale vertical wrinkles on the upper lip always give away a smoker.

[@ManojKumar-jo4mm]

Quitting is easy, fall in love with a woman who hates smoking

[@Kaienishere]

Wasn't this video uploaded yesterday? I wonder what changed

[@robingoh2325]

Given the numerous harmful effects associated with traditional cigarettes, banning them while permitting the use of e-cigarettes as a less harmful alternative could be a more balanced approach.

[@omarez6896]

Smoking and bad diet(eating habit) is a big no no..

[@jayy_lyrics]

I hated cigarettes from seeing my father smoke. Am 27 and neither cigarettes nor marijuana ever entered my lungs

[@agatajuliannabatorowska7920]

Computers and cell phones are also drugs and also cause addiction. Plus, they radiate. Phones and computers should also be labeled as products that cause addiction.

[@LiangShanPo]

Smoke inhalation has been a thing ever since we had lungs. It's part of our evolution. Our modern lives are to blame for most illness.

[@870annie]

Why no one is in jail? Closed all tobacco compagny and help farmer switch to food not tobacco Ban tobacco

[@spitezor]

If Enzo and Whateveryam are representative of the new generation of Swiss, it's over for Switzerland. They make gen alpha Americans look smart and fit.

[@Suburp212]

There are many fires in landfills and incinerators due to discarded e-vapes.

[@kinngrimm]

15:40 It is wondrous, that not more CEOs of certain branches of industry are being dealt with like the one in NYC. Not that i would suggest so, i am just perplexed when hearing these numbers, 8.000.000 yearly deaths and noone ever thought of going after the leadership. Imagine how trained to be docile we all have become, to just take this shit.

[@Swellington_]

I was gonna get an ecig but my buddy told me at the first of the year they'll be outlawed in my state,KY,thats so stupid

[@a_lucientes]

Addiction to cigarettes is very similar in many ways to addiction to opiates.

[@barczibelu931]

I quit smoking after 23 years and it was the best thing ever 💪💪💪

[@p5eudo883]

It blows my mind people still smoke and/or vape given how well-known it is that they're so bad for you. It's amazing how many people are foolish enough to think vape is safe. Nothing stating vape is safe is trustworthy. Don't forget that there were lots of doctors claiming cigarettes were safe for decades. Some even prescribed them to pregnant women. It takes a particular kind of stupidity to believe that vape is safe.

[@akhsinilhami2418]

it's very bad in indonesia, anywhere in public space you will see at least one people smoking cigarettes

[@flamefox8989]

Governments need to protect ppl from themselves

[@mhlabuthinisibiya8454]

People die from smoke related illness, no one has ever died from being choked by smoking.

[@lanabyk8012]

If cigarettes don;t kill people... who will?

[@steafra]

this docu forgets tabacco "snus" and all the various pouches of tobacco or other nicotine containing sachets, kept in the mouth. Also extremely addictive and cancer inducing (mouth and throat cancer)

[@Zeus__Zeus__Z]

Raise your hands 🙌 who smokes during watching this video😁

[@missk.c.7560]

👋🏼 Me! I'm Vaping! 👋🏼

[@870annie]

I stop 4days ago!!

[@alwynbth1]

What about nicotine pouches? Are they dangerous for gums & teeth?

[@NyanyiC]

i have always wondered about that. snus is very popular in Sweden

[@JeffBilkins]

Very addictive and bad for your mouth health

[@davidbrown4271]

@@JeffBilkinswhere are the studies for this , chewing tobacco is but these little pouches like zyn are too new to the market

[@kalumander]

Thank God people choose e cigarettes over the real ones. The health benefit is insane.

[@gk.spinoza]

This society is missing and important building block of successful societies called: "individual Responsibility"

[@TheoFizylkl]

I use the pouches and I'm so glad I switched. Mom died of small cell lung ....you get the jist. We can do better people. We are smarter then this. She even knew when I was a baby BUT STILL SMOKED WITH ME THERE HER ENTIRE LIFE AND....it was stupid. ....senseless....she was a good woman....a selfish woman...but she deserved to see her grandkids...they would of loved her.

[@tejasamrat2119]

I smoke 2 grams of tobacco and half gram of weed everyday. I'm using from 20 years i can't quit, but i cut it down a lot.

[@thomasnewton8997]

Because I have to take medication for epilepsy I would love to be able to not have to take it but then I would be at risk of having an epileptic seizure so to me I don't see why if you don't have to do something for medical reasons or health benefits why you wouldn't do it

[@civilservant9528]

nicotine industry is such an easy target to criticise... how about talk about social media or big pharma?

[@tmw2043]

DW does.

[@davidbrown4271]

Big pharma terrible too

[@kinngrimm]

Still who is worse, the once producing and selling death or those advertising for it?

[@gabsrivera9638]

Im agree that this companies should not strategize smoking as something "glamorous" to minors. Besides that, i think adult people should also take responsibility for their actions and decisions in life and ultimately you are making the choice of putting that thing in your mouth. We have to stop expecting "father state" to protect us from everything. We can also make our choices.

[@fernkitten]

Crazy that I only quit because it was expensive

[@blackhunk2265]

And study on rarely smoking pure Tobacco cigar?

[@marcogr87]

The problem is that Perosnal decision to smoke affect to everybody, because we pay with our taxes the medical treatments for the ill persons.

[@takingbacktheplanet]

man i am glad i stopped smoking (though it took 3 long but eventually unccessful attempts, all of which were great and insightful though) ... currently i vape, moderately, though at a pretty high dose, and really have been liking it (5th or 6th year or so now? i am in my late 30s. ...). everything about it is better, basically, other than you are not holding a little stick in your hands. i'll still smoke an occasional smoke, but because i am going to thoroughly enjoy it and not anything else... it's such a perverse addiction. yet, one day i literally got distracted from by usual habits and ended up not smoking and afterwards, it's been good vaping years, at least. 😻definitely am against smoking in general though, esp. in people under 16 or even 25, (cigarettes, that is - perhaps vaping could/should be earlier, because of the lack of evidence currently and the fact teens WILL end up doing w/e they want to do ... they're not dumb, and at some point in your teenage life you tend to want to "reject authority" and "claim your freedom" ... until more research is done... at least i started after i was 21, myself (don't remember exactly when, but my mindset was basically "well, all my family from both sides were smokers and i'm a pretty mature person and trust in myself being able to have restrain.). had i started earlier, it might've been an awfully, already awful awful bad time. ... (though at least smoking hand-rolled cigarettes were a much better experiencgenerally, and there were indeed some positiveso, like going outside of bars/parties to meet/talk with other people and the such. if only there were other convenient ways...) in our modern world/society. :) )

[@akhsinilhami2418]

You're addicted

[@DM-py7pj]

Why did you voice over rather than subtitles? 😢

[@markpimlott2879]

Although I have been a fan of 'foreign' films 🎥 since the 1960s, I for one prefer the voice-over methodology used here very effectively. Too often subtitles aren't properly contrasted against the background making them difficult to read, especially on smartphones! 'To each their own! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@chillaxer8273]

Let people do what they want. Clearly it's a way of darwinism. We all make choices

[@vcente671]

Who else is smoking while watching this?😊❤

[@missk.c.7560]

👋🏼 I'm vaping! 💨

[@jan_darysh]

DW said. Eating and sleeping are dangerous. Propaganda.

[@dreamspheree]

I have a feeling that gen z smokes more than millennials

[@SageZane]

people vape at work, know what it reminds me of is the kids that smoked camel wides, we used to have to tell those people no more than three smokes in a room at a time, because they smoked none stop and when someone lit up theyd light up and before you knew it there would be 7 or 8 smokes burning at a time in one room, that isnt healthy

[@masterleaguefan-zu9es]

quite shocking to hear that higher tar, higher tobacco Swiss Cigarettes are exported to Morocco.. Regulations must be passed that control this.

[@teviottilehurst]

I hate the tobacco companies with a vengeance. They killed my mother.

[@stargazer3364]

Cigarettes, E-cigarettes and alcohol are all okayed by powers that be, and are readily available everywhere. Just stop producing it and selling it. Most people will give it up if it's not easily available.

[@tejasamrat2119]

Unconditional right to stop our own life whenever we want medically. My body my choice. Freedom. Peace ✌️ ☮️ 🕊 🏳️‍

[@MZRUSCKUTA]

I’m smoking and watching this documentary ❤🎉

[@missk.c.7560]

Lol Ikr?!?! I'm vaping! 💨

[@michaeldhondt368]

@@missk.c.7560I was vaping now halfway through I just put some chewing tobacco into my mouth

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

I know in Ireland if you die of a heart problem and you smoke, they say the smoking killed you. Loads of people have heart problems die and never smoked. Shouldn't assume it was smoking that caused your heart problems. We know it definitely doesn't help. Doing that skews the figures.

[@benderthefourth3445]

Let's start with design: 1 packaging style for all the brands. No logos, no fancy colors. Just a plain pack with the same font. The price of a pack should go up.Then, sigarette companies should not be able to advertise anywhere. We can't lose any more generations to this shit. We fought back decades ago, but then we became complacent and the bastards sneak behind our backs whit their business models. Sick.

[@AngryWoodenFork]

Smoking is the worst to try and quit. Drugs are easier to kick than nicotine. If you don't smoke, please don't start.

[@anonymousanon5390]

I stopped smoking using snuffs. I'm still nicotine addicted, but i don't smoke.