The Nicotine War (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE told the story of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler’s bold attempt to regulate the tobacco industry - which had defied regulation for more than thirty years. (Aired 1995)
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The documentary details the FDA’s efforts to prove that cigarette manufacturers were manipulating nicotine in cigarettes to keep smokers hooked and examines the political headwinds the FDA faced at the time.
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CHAPTERS:
Prologue - 00:00
FDA Makes a Case to Regulate Nicotine in Tobacco Like a Drug In 1994 - 00:45
Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking Cigarettes? - 09:57
FDA Commissioner Takes On the Tobacco Industry and Nicotine - 18:15
What Did the Tobacco Industry Know About Nicotine’s Addictive Properties nd When? - 26:40
Lawsuits Against the Tobacco Industry Begin After 1994 - 40:14
FDA Tackles the Issue of Children Smoking - 45:20
Credits - 53:50

[@weaponizedglitter69]

I quit cold turkey 8 months ago after smoking for 38 years. I'm so proud of me

[@Theforexmonk]

I’m proud of you too

[@weaponizedglitter69]

@Theforexmonk thank you !!!!! I passed the 1 year mark. 2 months into my second year. I've been saving and also putting my cigarettes money into a fund. I'm going skiing in Switzerland.

[@Theforexmonk]

@@weaponizedglitter69 that’s amazing! I love to see/hear people take action and better them selves. I know that trip will be unforgettable

[@shanshanthegem334]

I am very proud of you! You have a strong mind and will. Very admirable!!

[@surrelljr]

I quit quite awhile ago, I decided to treat it just like any other addiction. Went 12 step, which helped me with other substances. I can really tell these guys are spewing a lot of BS, it’s all about the money, and they will do anything to protect it. Anybody who quits, my hats off to you, anyone trying to quit KEEP TRYING!

[@sonicjihad7]

Imagine being in the courtroom with these guys saying it’s not addictive and not laughing hysterically every single time

[@sirclassicalhou3650]

I know, it's just outrageous how the tobacco CEO's were lying through their teeth. It was evidence of their pure greed on display.

[@Knitten]

I am so glad to see this on KZbin. This documentary (the original) is why I quit smoking. I went straight to my Dr and got the patch. My boyfriend said that if I was quitting, he had to also. So my GYN wrote him a Rx for the patch too. Neither one of us ever picked it back up: We both quit for good. It was one of the best things in my life. Thank you PBS for your journalism.

[@pullt]

If you had smoked for the 28 years, one or both of you might be dead

[@anustart1934]

So glad to hear you were able to quit! That's so awesome

[@yengsabio5315]

I'm glad you both are out of cigarette smoking for good! Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines!

[@peterbarker420X]

Great job I quit for like 1.5 years but fell back to while in the military like a tard

[@GailColeman]

@@peterbarker420X Meet another tard! But are we really? I've tried at least a dozen times by various methods. My health is declining and I'm still puffing!

[@GearheadK20C4]

Is it me, or is the audio completely screwed up?

[@QueenCityHornets]

It definitely is

[@WiReDApe]

Yes @Frontline had the wrong audio channels turned up. The b roll should have been turned down and the narration should have been louder.

[@catwhowalks99]

Yes. I worked in film and television for most of my life, and the audio is definitely unbalanced. The narration is too low while the background is too high.

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

It's an old documentary. Typical of Frontline

[@QueenCityHornets]

@xoxo xoxoxo Yeah says 1995 in description. They upload old ones all the time on here. Most of what they upload. But, they're usually not that old. Usually 2000+

[@themagicwoodbus3211]

Both of my parents died from Cancer and smoked several packs a day. I was able to quit after years of struggling. I know heroin addicts that were able to quit heroin but cannot quit smoking. Still to this day.

[@camm102]

When I was in rehab where you had to remain nicotine free and damn near everyone there who smoked failed for nicotine after coming back from a weekend pass… it was so hard for them to quit!

[@barbaracilley8200]

My husband quit drinking alcohol 35 years ago. Shortly after he quit smoking his 2 packs a day. He said quitting cigarettes was way harder than quitting alcohol.

[@patr70]

I smoked from 1984-2021. I got Covid-19 in 2020 which damaged my lungs.. so I HAD to Quit. I wanted to quit about 5 years earlier becuase everyone I had known in my teens and 20s had quit by 2016 but I didn't know how to quit. I am [so glad] that barely anyone smokes anymore.. becuase in the 80s and 90s half of the people I knew smoked cigarettes.

[@lefty-bw1zp]

Tobacco is the gateway drug to harder drugs.

[@lynnjudd9036]

To say that cigarettes are an agricultural product and not an addicting drug is like saying that heroin is an agricultural product too because it comes from a poppy flower.

[@craig265]

It is but it takes an addict to change all of that

[@u.s.a.198]

Our world as we know it is ALL about money. Money...

[@vjr5261]

It is.

[@DasPanda]

@@u.s.a.198 Money makes our world go round and money will make our world come crashing down. It be like that.

[@rockytop4]

Pharaki is root cutting you have no idea what your talking about .. tobacco doesn't have to be processed to smoke poppies do big difference

[@tekkersmo3816]

"Would you rather have a pilot that just smoked a cigarette, a pilot that just had two beers, a pilot that just had cocaine, or a pilot that just shot heroin?" How about a pilot that's sober?

[@DAway-ox8cj]

These cigarette CEO's are a good example of what's wrong with this world. Profit over people.

[@cathycostello6260]

Well said I agree

[@edwardstaley2594]

I finally quit smoking after 20 years and multiple attempts. I'm over 6 months nicotine free! I'm never going back!! Best decision I ever made!

[@russianaloha4576]

Congratulations!! Thats amazing! I bet so many things have gotten better for you! 🙏 Your taste & smell is probably better, you can breathe easier, sleep better, all around feel healthier. Plus save a bunch of money. Im proud of you! 💞

[@kovy689]

Nicotine itself isn’t really addictive, only when it’s added with other substances in conjunction. I feel as if nicotine alone has been used as a scapegoat for too long.

[@danthomas6587]

You rock.

[@SableTwoSeven]

As a current smoker, congrats!

[@warmpotatoes1]

It's insane how many lives that guy saved.

[@rhettforeman7083]

know if we we nk o oniô j ok o jo n kno jj. jk i. i n in

[@NielsCG]

frontline's narrator voice IS addictive

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@mrlucasftw42]

Leaded gasoline and smoking caused so much damage. The people who fought against it are heroes.

[@pavelsmom1089]

When I was in college, I had a professor come into the classroom, SLAM his briefcase down on his desk and announce "I AM TRYING TO QUIT SMOKING SO DON'T FU@K WITH ME!!!" He lasted a couple days and resumed smoking. It's addictive...come on folks! On the other hand, my dad had a heart attack at age 50 and he Prayed, "GOD help me quit!" and he never touched another cigarette after that.

[@ramahmuli6149]

Interesting

[@DasPanda]

Im 33 and I smoked cigarettes as a teen and then quit around 19, but picked the habit back up in my mid 20s while working in the restaurant industry. My ex kept trying to get me to quit but instead, I thought I'd make a compromise that wasn't as harmful by switching to vaping (which wasn't really around for most of the public when I was younger). I said this will be my way of gradually stepping away from nicotine over time... that did NOT work out that way at all. Making nicotine available in a form that 1. Doesn't smell disgusting (I had never gotten that used to the foul smell of cigarettes tbh) 2. Smells and tastes like candy and all kinds of things that would make any grade schooler salivate 3) Made it now possible for people to keep consuming tobacco- based nicotine just about anytime and anywhere (no more getting told to go smoke outside in freezing or scorching weather, at least not if the stench was the reason) Only made my dependence on nicotine significantly worse. I was vaping like crazy before I knew it. If I had a nicotine craving while working as a waiter, I didn't have to worry about customers complaining about the cigarette smell. If it was that bad, I could sneak into a bathroom stall and take a quick puff. IT WAS BANANAS. Lol My younger sister (she's 21) would always tell me I had to quit vaping and gave me grief every time I'd see her (and I told her I would never say anything back because I knew she was right). Finally, in April of last year, she managed to corner me into really trying to quit since I'd promised I really would so many times but flaked. I'm currently 33 and it's been a little under a year since I stopped using all nicotine products. The cravings were awful (physical withdrawal really sucked, but the cognitive and mental dependence was what really killed me for a while) but that passed. I did opt to do the Nicorette gum in the beginning, and I was surprised that it really helped. By June I didn't even want to chew on the nicotine gum either (I don't actually like chewing gum anyway, lol.) Anyway, to wrap up my essay: Nicotine addiction IS harmful, it WILL chip away at your health and your wallet, but you absolutely can kick the habit. It's never too late and you're never too old or too dependent to drop it. Even if you slip after a long period of abstaining, it doesn't mean s**t. The only thing worse than slipping up at quitting nicotine and tobacco is completely resigning yourself to being a smoker for the rest of your life. I'm blessed that my sister was there as a support system and as a reminder that it wasn't okay to keep vaping/ smoking, but you don't need a family member, partner, or friend to be the reason you finally get rid of this crappy habit. You're the biggest reason to try and quit since you're the one that has the most to gain from quitting.

[@nonyabizness.original]

nicotine is the addictive chemical, but the actual harm from smoking comes from sucking tar and it's many carcinogens into your lungs. nicotine is not cancerous, and there are no data to show nicotine is any more dangerous than caffeine unless you overdose on it. it is prescribed by doctors. vaping has allowed many thousands of smokers to quit. that's a good thing. those who vape can and do steadily reduce the amount of nicotine in their vape juice. i have been vaping at virtually zero for years. i enjoy the rituals surrounding vaping, just like i did with cigs for decades. having done both, i know for a fact that vaping is not taking the toll that smoking was on me. understand that nicotine is just the ingredient to keep you hooked. you can put nicotine in anything to make that thing addictive, just like they add caffeine to everything these days.

[@nonyabizness.original]

@@DasPanda please link or name the study showing that nicotine causes brain damage. that last claim in your comment is quite silly tho. whoever told you that whenever you're holding your breath, you're causing brain damage lied to you, panda. humans harmlessly hold our breath for a myriad of reasons-- swallowing food or liquids actually requires it.

[@Quickened1]

That's another reason tobacco companies are on their heals, vaping has seriously cut into their profits.... Congratulations on kicking the habit. Your story is very similar to my own, and I agree, it is a drug without doubt!

[@willembadenhorst4260]

Where does nicotine fitts in?

[@recklessjunkie]

Well you have more will power then me I couldn’t smoke anything else but cigarettes the fact that you could go from smoking to vaping tells me that you were gonna drop it sooner or later good for you but I’m a lifer

[@nilsanarvaez7947]

I’m a former smoker and loved every cigarette I smoked. If my doctor were to tell me you have 6 months to live, I would pick up smoking again.

[@sidstovell2177]

Me, too.

[@19MadMatt72]

They need to label alcohol as a drug as well. It is.

[@michaelvance262]

Weak

[@anonmist2529]

Let’s all stop eating and end obesity! Isn’t eating and addiction but then if you do you die anyway.

[@scottcharney1091]

Brennan Dawson died in 2013, at 51, of what seems to be smoking-related illness. She left behind her husband (who died of hypertension shortly after that), and three college-age kids. She didn't deny that smoking was harmful, and in fact she said when interviewing for her job with the Tobacco Institute that she didn't want to promote smoking per se, but she did a lot of obfuscation for a living. It's a sad story.

[@Yoder023]

Mom just died (age 52) cancer Dad died 6 months ago (age 51) alcohol Apparently I shouldn't hold these companies accountable because "they put a label on it"

[@JayP-vh9wc]

The truth is your people had a brain. It was up to them. No matter how tough it would have been to quit. Can't blame everyone else.

[@brucebanksshow]

This is crazy! One man really made a difference in the world.

[@edhamdeh5731]

Audio needs cleaning up.

[@hokees58]

need the same lawsuit for sugar additives especially high fructose corn syrup, obesity and death.

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@ahappyimago]

Sugar is not the enemy. It’s processed foods in general that lack fiber so you tend to eat a lot more

[@youtubecrack]

The mental gymnastics that the tobacco industry has to put themselves through... Holy cow!.

[@garykubodera9528]

I started smoking at the age of 13 to cover up the smell of smoking pot... I remember quite vividly to this day the reaction of my body after smoking my 1st cigarette-I threw up and heaved my guts up for about 15min... Then smoked another one.😓 I ignored what my body was telling me about them!! I continued smoking for about 7 years. I finally decided to quit drugs and drinking via 12 steps. About a year later, I ended up working at a VA clinic in Sacramento and met a very old WWI vet on a break who was a gas victim. After meeting and talking with him for a bit, I decided to quit smoking. I'm comming up on 37yrs now and will say this.. The most difficult thing for me to quit by far were the cigarettes!! It really messed with my mind in a big way!! Now I look back and I was spending 1.00 a pack then and look at what they now cost 10.00+/pack and realize I saved a great deal of money I over the years! I DONT MISS THEM FOR A SECOND!!

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@13donstalos]

Since I quit, if I take a hit of a cigarette, it makes me super dizzy and my heart races. It makes it easy to stay off them.

[@slyflyby]

Glad to see this posted on KZbin. I smoked nonfilter cigarettes for over 20 years. I was a heavy pot smoker for these same 20 plus years. I freebase (smoked) cocaine for over 10 years..before smoking cocaine was called Crack. No drug I took, did ,was more addicting than cigarettes!!! My addiction was BOTH mental and physical! Happy to say I've been clean and sober now for 35 + years.

[@rdallas81]

Good for you. Crack smoking is pure evil.. People will lie, kill, steal, even sell their own daughter for another hit. Seen that wicked substance bring out the absolute worst of people.

[@pdavis647]

This is SO TRUE!Thank God I stopped smoking,but it was a uphill battle!So much so I asked God to help me stop and He did. I regret ever taking a cigarette to smoke when I was 17 out of curiosity.

[@GailColeman]

Great reporting, but the audio is quite problematic. The background noise and speech drowns out the narrator in some places. If there's a way to fix that, it should be done. Otherwise, spot on!

[@fj.sanabria9869]

I grew up in the 70's with a chain smoking mother. The 90's were watching her die from emphysema/lung cancer. Living in Europe now where sooo many people still smoke is not easy to watch.

[@ellen4956]

My mother chain smoked cigarettes till she died from cancer and heart disease. During the years my siblings and I were growing up we were constantly breathing the smoke because we lived in a small house and there was no way to get away from it. I wonder how much damage that did to us. My father also smoked the first 10 years of my life but he quit and was always angry with my mother for not being able to quit. But second-hand smoke is a real issue too.

[@patr70]

I smoked from 1984-2021. Quitting is very difficult. I would have quit 5 years earlier but didn't know how to do that. Any powerful addiction is a coping mechanism.. which means you used it to Cope. You can't cope without it means you can't survive and live in this world without it. I was only able to quit becuase I have an excellent support system and becuase my lungs were damaged from Covid-19.. so I HAD to Quit. Your Mom did the best she knew how to do considering how powerful that addiction is for people.

[@odis-edgardavidsonthefamilyof]

So are solar Plex is sucker punch In EAJ BY THE GOLFF BBW GIRLS SIR.

[@aaizner847]

After smoking for 30+ years, trying to quit several times and relapsing, I was finally able to quit smoking using a single dose of LSD. That was 3 years ago, and though I still get occasional cravings, the realizations I came to during the LSD trip, have kept me from actually smoking again. If you're wondering - LSD is a non-addictive psychedelic (as opposed to narcotic). When it was still legal, it was used in conjunction with talking therapies to treat alcohol and drug addiction.

[@rdallas81]

Very very real benefits to Psilocybin and LSD. Used in the right context can have very valuable psychological benefits that have tangible benefits in understanding the underlying causes of certain mental disorders.

[@melissawatkins7332]

I haven't had a cig in 4 + years, (Aug 10th will be 5, the reason I know this is because that is the day my now ex had a major heart attack that the heart surgeon said was a direct result of his smoking tabaco. He smoked when I smoked, and would have 1 to my 5) AND I STILL WANT TO SMOKE! Even watching this, watching others smoke and there is a part of me that drools with want! Watching the lies for the company makes me mad enough to never smoke again tho...

[@joeking433]

It's a good high! I always said that when I quit smoking it was like, "who turned the music off"? LOL!

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@rasheedjamal9091]

I hadn't even carved a smoke until I looked at this 😐

[@patr70]

I smoked for 30 years and had to quit in 2021 becuase Covid-19 damaged my lungs.. so I HAD to quit. I am so glad that barely anyone smokes anymore. So Glad!

[@AppleOfTheMonth]

The sound mixing on this video is a TRIP with headphones

[@straytarnish9443]

28 years later Frontline can't come up with a follow-up episode on this subject come on Frontline

[@mrmustangman]

big tobacco keeps them silent now....

[@joeking433]

Yeah, LOL!

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@davefellhoelter1343]

"Front Line" is now WOKE and going BROKE! not what it once was, just like SNL.

[@drintx5734]

PBS is spreads queer culture to children with all the drag/homosexual affirming children’s shows too 😡

[@jeffreycoe1665]

They regulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and because I'm addicted to a certain amount of nicotine I now smoke more. I need to quit again.

[@horniusmaximus7509]

I hope all those people who said in court nicotine is not addictive is now choking on their words.

[@colincleary5972]

sound is all over the place

[@edwardcierniak7879]

Babe wake up new Frontline documentary

[@qjames0077]

The audio needs to fixed on this. On the first part at least, the narration is only coming through the left side, so I guess the editor uploaded the narrator in mono instead of stereo. Just a thought Good doco tho

[@Xsetsu]

The sound editing on this episode is off or done bad. Narrator is coming for left, while the background sounds and voices are coming from the right. It is creating a very strange effect making it hard to listen to or watch. Edit: I smoke for a long time as well. I will say vaping helped me reduce nicotine and quit.

[@alexanderscalzo340]

Man I remember when I quit smoking I felt so great I started when I was 14 and it was not a happy time, had to switch to vaping just to kick the habit and I’m proud to say I don’t do both anymore

[@kellywilliamson2187]

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms . . . there is just too much money to be made to regulate effectively.

[@JazznRealHipHop]

Used to smoke two packs of cloves every day, usually menthol cloves. Haven’t touched one in over 15 years. Thank God I quit.

[@rdallas81]

I like the last part. Thank GOD. You did what few can do! Quit one of the most addictive things ever.

[@hurrayforvideogames]

I would just like to extend my sincerest thanks to this documentary for letting me hear the phrase “health-conscious smokers” said out loud without a hint of irony

[@angry-lucky-catty]

Why? There are obese doctors. It’s possible to empirically know something and be unable to put it in practice.

[@13donstalos]

I quit smoking cigarettes when I quit drinking. Smoking is just so much more enjoyable with alcohol. It seems like they are made for each other. Like a dual addiction.

[@Benmeglei1]

There’s a special place in hell for all those gentlemen who testified and lied.

[@xavlionheart]

Everyone says they can quit nicotine, alcohol, caffeine, born and gambling at anytime... Dopamine is one hell of a drug

[@xavlionheart]

@Notorious Malcontent ask around everyone says they can buy never do. It's hard even if it's just weed or a vape

[@jiggyfun807]

American Spirits helped me get off cigarettes! Step 1 quit the chemicals switch, get something unfamiliar, Step 2 decrease. and replace with a puff of CBD?! Step 3 switch to CBD orally. I guit 8 years ago, from 2 packs a day. Patches and gum never worked for me.

[@danielbernier9115]

Patches didn't work for me either, I used vaping. I wish it was available 30 years ago.

[@jiggyfun807]

Congrats on quitting! I still smoke in my dreams though, which is weird

[@Job.Well.Done_01]

My mother died from the consequences of a lifetime using nicotine/smoking cigarettes. She smoked all the way until the day she died, after chemotherapy and radiation treatments to try prolonging her life, she could not put the cigarettes down even in the face of death. 50 years of smoking, all that money spent on cigarettes, a major stroke that disabled my mother and a peptic ulcer were minor side notes compared to the cancer that took her life. Yes, it was because of the nicotine she was addicted to inside the cigarettes.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

My mom was able to somehow, and lasted another six years after having a major coronary right there in the ER, where her heart had just been given a clean bill of health. Shows what doctors really "know."

[@wsurferdude_ct]

My wife died in exactly the sane way in 2001. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2000. Her whole family (mother, father and brother) died of emphysema, cancer and heart attack within 10 years of one another. They all were heavy smokers and could not quit.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

@@wsurferdude_ct But a troll claims the same old lie that his grandma smoked and drank and had (blah blah blah) all of her 100-yrs of life and never even had a hangnail! It never fails that some troll throws that stupid crap out...

[@arjamal2063]

This is from 1995

[@monachaalida7587]

Oooo

[@Yourmission9]

Newt Gingrich in this is laughable in the fact that anyone still listens to him in any fashion

[@depro9]

Cool thanks @PBS

[@lorenzodossantos1111]

Basically nothing has changed in the last 30 yrs, this video proves this

[@dogcowrph]

It’s so old that cigarets in a convince store is $1.69 per pack.

[@aaroncalderon6928]

I still remember as a small child trying to eat dinner at a restaurant while some idiot smoked nearby

[@ThinkerHaistTV]

"Smokers Section"

[@angelfox101]

The background sound is fighting with the narrators voice.

[@MrGelly70]

Frontline the best in investigative reporting and documentaries !!!!!!

[@theincognitochannel5542]

Dammit I'm smoking a cigarette right now watching this .

[@russianaloha4576]

I did too 😩

[@mrmustangman]

🗣🚬💨

[@tat2steven810]

Lol 😂 same...

[@drintx5734]

And why on earth are tobacco products STILL ON SALE?? Follow the money! This is a vile, stinking addiction that took me many, many tries to finally quit for good. It was a lot like trying to divorce an abusive spouse. But I got free 13 years ago and it’s probably the best thing I’ve ever done for my body. Praise God I’m FREE!!

[@lordgrande9561]

NICOTINE is extremely addicting, my mom has copd and it took her being in a rehab home after a fall for her to quit smoking even after being diagnosed with copd she continue to smoke for years. Until she fell and broke her hip and she was hospitalized and place in a rehabilitation home were she had no access to smoking and finally quit. She hasn’t smoked in 2 years

[@crystalsmith9946]

Im addicted to them. I wish i could quit. 😪 Im sick from them.

[@sfbuck415]

have you tried Chantix? it worked for me, twenty years ago. I can even be around people smoking and not have any craving to smoke.

[@mrmustangman]

same.!!!! 🗣🚬💨

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Good luck keep trying. It really is the toughest thing to accomplish

[@mechengr1731]

I've known people who would take their oxygen masks off to smoke, and then just put the mask back on. My dad smokes, and he gets irritable when he goes too long without one. My uncle swapped the cigarettes for nicotine gum. He got addicted to the gum and hasn't kicked that habit yet.

[@whiteprivilege7961]

I've had an injector and made my own cigarettes for about 12 years I was able to make a carton for about $8 I smoked almost 14 packs a week it was ridiculous now down to about 6 or 7 at most a day and I just feel better but it's so so hard to just quit . I've literally can only make 2 days at most if I'm lucky . I literally see a half smoked cigarette on the ground and want to pick it up and smoke it . If that ain't addiction I don't know what is . I don't do it I go buy a loose for 50 cents at the bodega .

[@joeking433]

I smoked about 10 years of my life. The first time I quit I couldn't believe I did it, it was that hard! I actually went back to smoking when I was in my 50's and would actually quit in the winter. It wasn't too hard to quit for some reason. I haven't smoked for ten years.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

How in the hell did you even start? I can't imagine forcing that poison into my lungs which are clearly rejecting it completely, but peer pressure has never meant much to me.

[@joeking433]

@@TheCommunicationCoach Back in the 60's 25% of the people smoked. It was very common especially in tobacco states. You could get hit by a truck tomorrow, or get various diseases. No one knows when they will die. My grandmother quit smoking at 80 and lived to 90. You probably won't make it that long.

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Dont fall for the hype, THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE its that difficult. It is NOT hard to quit smoking tobacco, you have been mentally conditioned to believe that its true. #1. Get your inner child to agree,. #2. Tell your inner child no for three days,. #3 understand the implications and look forward to breathing and running long!! #4. switch to cannabis for the time being., its easy either way!!!

[@tawnyh8878]

My mama just was diagnosed with COPD. She’s been a small Chris’s 1962 she 74 needs oxygen to breathe . I’m a smoker too, and quit soon after seeing mom in the hospital with a respirator shove down her throat to help her breathe.

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

Lucas is a loser. Grow your own mushrooms and ignore him... Quit while you still can, it feels f*ckin awesome!

[@JulieTobin-Ruszczyk]

How about the other 200 chemicals in cigarettes

[@Archie0pteryx]

Can anyone understand the two dialogues going on at the same time at the start? I'm having trouble focusing on the narrator since he's softer than the court procedings

[@ponzo1967]

I would say of all the drugs nicotine is the hardest to quit. I've detoxed nearly everything yet they sit there and say it isn't addictive. Most smokers started very young and had no real idea just what a beast it is to get away from. Face it, people wouldn't spend. 3-$8000 per year plus the additional insurance cost if it wasn't an addiction.

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Not to mention the money we smokers invest /invested in cigarettes. I literally in my lifetime have spent probably 100,000 dollars on cigarettes sadly

[@jameswilliams3443]

Have you ever try using herbal medication for your illness. I use Doctor alued on KZbin medication for my Lung Cancer. I was once a patient of Cancer but am free after using his herbs medication after battling with this illness I'm now free search him on KZbin (doctor alued)

[@FreeVegan771]

These are same kind of people telling you the food industry (processed food) is safe and sugar is non -addictive.

[@SnowJoe1]

And they're still sold, just taxed more. Pitiful.

[@joeking433]

Watching this now is just disgusting. How can these lying lawyers escape hell?

[@buzz5969]

Why are peeps so shallow to smoke? No one forced you. Did you think it was healthy puffing on all those carcinogens?

[@joeking433]

@@buzz5969 Do you drink coffee or tea?

[@JanGokor]

Just like every other sinner. By trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. You're a liar just like them. They just have a bigger platform. Are you saved?

[@joeking433]

@@JanGokor Have you met the Lord? And been born again and received the Holy Spirit? It is possible, I can vouch for that! Tell me some of your great miracles and experiences with God!

[@powerbottomboi5255]

@@joeking433 Religious people are so stupid

[@ASwagPecan]

These docs are better than anything on TV today, I swear

[@nolanberollin1465]

I quit smoking 5 months ago but watching people smoke still makes me want one sometimes.

[@sheliadean9548]

Thank you for sharing this information with us

[@jasonq7504]

41:33 he said this with a straight face. 😂 Incredible!

[@travelwithtony5767]

This seems so mild when compared to the Fentanyl crises facing America, and yet there have been no congressional hearings despite tens of thousands of American deaths since the pandemic started.

[@greggwilson492]

I enjoy your uploads. Thanks!

[@rochellekeels8026]

Cigarettes has killed a lot of beautiful people, Lord help us,😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@cepelinai123]

😀😀😀😀😀

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Lots of things have killed a lot of beautiful people 👀🙄

[@StandinginArmorofGod1973]

My dad got COPD, had strokes and heart attacks. He quit several times. He finally quit when He got Covid and died. He was on oxygen before he got covid. It finished him off. 75 years old but sick for years.

[@glenselenselvs]

One word :PBS Frontline are the best. I'm not intelligent but watching these programs i learn a lot.

[@mechengr1731]

I just have to say, the audio work is impeccable. The hearing coming from one side of my headphones with commentary on the other It was a little freaky at first, but well done

[@GotTheBestLigma]

Without headphones it's a jumbled mess when it happens. Poor editing in my opinion because you can't hear the narrator when it does that.

[@drintx5734]

That’s their argument??? That nicotine is not addictive because some people quit??? That’s absurd 😂

[@B.Abe.]

🤣 For real! The comparison of having a pilot having a cigarette being compared to having a few beers, a bump of cocaine, and heroin made me laugh...wtf. 🙄😆 That was an absurd comparison.

[@souyoutube204]

Thankyou for this docu

[@KarlHaferJr]

I recall watching this as a kid. After watching this with my grandfather, he thought he would corner the market on collecting matchbooks from all sorts of places, as he really thought cigarettes would be banned. (I still hold out hope).

[@13donstalos]

Like with alcohol, if cigarettes were banned, a huge black market would crop up. It would become another avenue for organized crime. Trust me when I say it's better off remaining legal.

[@nightraven8497]

I have tried for years to stop Smoking. Using the patch and the gum, but after just 2 years started smoking again. I have done this off and on for 15 years. I now have squamous cell carcinoma of the sinuses and have to go through radiation therapy. Nicotine is highly addictive. I have tried so hard to quit for years, but end up going back to smoking. Please stop making cigarettes...

[@leonardomorales674]

The hardest thing I have ever done is to quit smoking. The only way I could do it was by switching to Quest 1 2 3 which made it so much easier to quit. I went a month without smoking and succumbed feeling like bugs were crawling the length of my arms. It took me 3 tries.

[@nightoftheworld]

This still hits even from 1995-Big Tobacco’s misinformation strategy could be _seamlessly_ overlain with your “Power of Big Oil” Frontline coverage.

[@BristolBerg]

Admit nothing, deny everything, make counter accusation- Tobacco companies pre 2000

[@Donaldstaelens]

Cigarettes are a highly addictive addictive drug. Nicotine is a addictive drug. It needs to be banned in the United States

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

OK and ban sugar and alcohol and....

[@Donaldstaelens]

We don't smoke sugar and alcohol. If you smoke it ban it

[@Woke365]

I only smoke weed socially from time to time. I hate cigarettes and alcohol.

[@monachaalida7587]

Oh ya

[@ziggy44132]

It angers me that the cigarette companies do not care about the health of the consumer, and are lying to protect their bottom line. Over.

[@anthonypage7969]

Shows who truly runs this country

[@lesliecano4963]

“I gained 12 pounds. I couldn’t get out of my own way.” I feel that sister. I feel that.

[@rdallas81]

​@@jaya-squishiehuntr019exactly. Try exercising. People will sit around in sorrow smoking and drinking- and when you tell them AND SHOW THEM you need to exercise and eat healthy they look at you like you're crazy. All I can say is to each their own.

[@Isawwhatyoudid]

Wow, they say it should be exempt from FDA regulation because it is an agricultural product but to get out of The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act it is said not to be a commodity. Its not just the tobacco companies at fault, it is the fault of Congress as well. The single biggest thing we could do to improve the lives of every man woman and child in this country is to get money OUT of politics.

[@Kruc101]

"cigarettes are not a habit...like coffee.." wait... what???? lol

[@jimfrommars2591]

thanks for the 30 year old content!

[@swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046]

Hearing 2 people talking at the same sucks!

[@averagejojo7019]

watching this while smoking

[@mrmustangman]

same.!!!! 🗣🚬💨

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Lol

[@3mpty566]

I just love to hear the end song of every episode

[@wingsofsteel3246]

How come potentiating nicotine was never mentioned ? THATs the criminal act of tobacco companies, if it's true, are they adding chemicals to potentiate the nicotine, thus making the cigarettes more apt to get and keep smokers addicted to their product (?)

[@danthomas6587]

Cigarettes took both my parents. Before they died they suffered. When they died I suffered. That's what smoking does but because it takes decades to kill and not minutes or hours people only care about the short lived pleasure they get from smoking.

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

😔

[@HelmetOfHonor]

I started smoking cigars and pipe tobacco at age 19 and lost a family member in 2020 to small cell carcinoma, one of the most aggressive and deadliest forms of cancer, with only a 4% survival rate. I went cold turkey instantly, threw away all my cigars that I kept in my box and now I'm four years clean. Best decision ever.

[@bicyclist2]

Thankfully I've never smoked a single cigarette in my life. Unfortunately I know lots of people who do smoke. I'm constantly asked every day for a cigarette by complete strangers (mostly black), who just assume everyone smokes. This is a very good documentary. Thank you.

[@scorch4299]

Theyre arent that addictive - not physically anyway. Nowhere near as addictive as heroin. you could say alot of things are addictive - oxygen, water, social media, watching youtube vids, but imo, addiction should only apply when if you stop one of these things abrutpy, you are in immense pain to the point where you cant function. Thats what we should be trying to prevent.