# 1960s ANTI-SMOKING FILM SMOKING: THE INSIDE STORY 51044

One of the earliest anti-smoking films, SMOKING THE INSIDE STORY was created by the Michigan Cancer Foundation to vividly show the effects of smoking to a young audience. At mark 1:00 , a scientist in a laboratory begins a discussion about cigarette smoking with two lab assistants. The scientist shows a series of images from cigarette ads, directed at selling cigarettes. He also shows (mark 1:30 ) more than 13 gallons of smoke that come from a single pack of cigarettes, contained in the flask. He asks the question, "Why do people start smoking?" Both lab assistants say that it made them more adult. At mark 2:38 , they watch TV commercial excerpts that show adults smoking. At mark 3:20 , the scientist points out that most people continue smoking because they do not reason on what effect it has on them. The facts about smoking are easy to understand. At mark 3:34 , he carries out a test on a goldfish. Smoke is passed to the goldfish and its effects are seen at mark 4:30 . It made it dizzy as it is on human. At mark 5:20 , a mouse is tested on. The Roswell Park Memorial Institute, one of the top cancer research institutes in the USA, is seen at mark 5:20 . At mark 5:35 , the mice are marked. At mark 5:44 , the smoking affects the lungs of the mice after a few weeks upon testing. The mice then die. At mark 6:05 , he gives joe a cigarette test by smoking through a tissue. At mark 7:00 , the both tissues are seen with one containing more tar than the other. He comments on lungs…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/51044SmokingTheInsideStory)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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