# The past, present and future of nicotine addiction

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMidAtlantic
- Speaker: Mitch Zeller
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_zeller_the_past_present_and_future_of_nicotine_addiction)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, killing more people each year than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murder and suicide combined. Follow health policy expert Mitch Zeller into the murky depths of the tobacco industry as he details the sordid history of nicotine addiction -- and invites us to imagine a world where policy change helps stop people from becoming addicted in the first place.

## Lectures

1. [The past, present and future of nicotine addiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mitch_zeller_the_past_present_and_future_of_nicotine_addiction/55b52765d444), 18 min (TED's player)