A damning yet hilarious look at tobacco industry hypocrisy, smoking's prominent place in American culture, and smoking and anti-smoking propaganda. Vintage cigarette commercials, congressional testimony, and smoking esoterica are put on full display, exposing the extremes of both marketing and fighting that unhealthy, addictive, and ever-popular habit. "A darkly humorous stock footage compilation in the tradition of director [Kevin] Rafferty''s 1982 Cold War study, The Atomic Cafe" (Andrew Johnston, Time Out New York).

Kevin Rafferty/Frank Keraudren---USA---1999---82 mins.