Prop 86 Decision

This Proposition failed to get the majority of votes needed for approval. For details see the "No Spin Information" sidebar on this page produced by SmartVoter.

Loud & Clear In Seven Languages

MOVIE LENGTH - 1:39 min.
CREDITS - dfionpsi has uploaded Asian Health Service's simple, clear voting instructions spoken in seven languages.
REVIEW - You can also see logos of some supporting organizations: American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, California Hospital Association.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 9/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Vp6PulOYw

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Stand Up and Speak Out

MOVIE LENGTH - 1:02 min.
CREDITS - brandyseven and three friends--all under the age of 12--star in “Smoking Kills”.
REVIEW - The crew shows us how to do something and speak out against tobacco.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 8/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5upCwxl3lU

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Did You Know?

Movie Length - :30 sec.
Credits/Description - grassrootinnovation uploaded a Brit fave, “Smoking Shortens Your Penis”
Review – Take a smile break…it’s cleverly done. Men and tobacco, however, isn't a laughing matter.
Uploaded to YouTube - 6/06
Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6biz85fUv04

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My Academy Award #1

MOVIE LENGTH - 6:16 min.
CREDITS - flashmobmedia's documentary of youth activist events, “National Conference on Tobacco or Health 2004 Boston MA” instructs and inspires.
REVIEW – See Stall Talk, Stealth Starbucks and Flash Mob where advocates creatively push the agenda forward at a tobacco control conference. Drama: some are threatened with eviction from the Mariott. They’re on site, in real time, in your face--refreshing.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 5/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj6-Rtx5SjE

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My Academy Award #2

MOVIE LENGTH - 7:23 min.
CREDITS - flashmobmedia’s documentary of activist events, “National Conference on Tobacco or Health 2003 San Francisco” instructs and inspires, again.
REVIEW - See Pile of %#&*! Protest, Tobacco Memorial and While You Were Sleeping. Evictions courtesy of the Westin this time. Neat ideas. The conference mantra resonates: “go out and change minds today”.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 5/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-meOtytNSE

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Price of Tobacco

MOVIE LENGTH - 4:45 min.
CREDITS - supermandi’s Belly Button Productions made “*Cough*”
REVIEW – They put a $5 production budget and the MasterCard “priceless” metaphor to good use in this school project. Lots of good stats and makes you think about what it costs to smoke tobacco and other things.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 7/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78BbPxCtbtQ

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KidStuff, Seriously

MOVIE LENGTH - 5:16 min.
CREDITS - jabronie25 is quite the artiste, assembling a junior high cast and crew of tens for “My Health Project”
REVIEW - Good use of cigarette images (props), Cops theme song and action scenes. Movie bottom line: substance abuse kills—one way or another.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 5/06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTnFA5gaUE

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Sweet Tooth

MOVIE LENGTH - 5:51 min.
CREDITS - dgtutube and Da Ghetto Tymz Magazine’s “The Truth About Cigarettes” gets on point about addiction, period.
REVIEW - Great format. Lots of food for thought.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 9/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=busI57n-EQc

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Tabac

MOVIE LENGTH - :31 sec.
CREDITS - scalino shares the vintage French cardiologist federation's anti-tobacco campaign clip, “JAMAIS La Premiere Cigarette”
REVIEW – Does smoking liberate or incarcerate? In any language, watch this and you’ll get the point.
Uploaded to YouTube - 6/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csF4aEAcgaQ

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Talking Head

MOVIE LENGTH - 8:14 min.
CREDITS - Dr. Mike Magee chronicles “Tobacco’s Stealth Marketing”
Review – Informational, anti-tobacco backgrounder on marketing tactics of the tobacco industry, lots of stats and health politics info.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 7/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jevfwAwgAc4
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Baby Boomer Special

MOVIE LENGTH - 1:19 min.
CREDITS - martinpino uploads “Flinstones Tobacco?” just so you can get this one right in your next game of Trivial Pursuit.
REVIEW - Question: Which cigarette brand was a major sponsor of The Flinstones? What’s sad about watching this is how instantly you’ll recall every line of Barney’s product explanation and how involuntarily you’ll start sing along with Fred as he riffs the jingle. Did this commercial really exists. I think it did...
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 9/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqNSWW2l32s

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A Music Video *With* Music

MOVIE LENGTH - 1:00 min.
CREDITS - chiugai uploaded, “BoA Anti-Smoking Video”
REVIEW – The tune's a jam in any language. Seems like Korean pop stars did videos to help the anti-smoking cause. If you've got BoA's lyrics, post some translations—Spanish, English, Russian, whatever.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 5/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYPgQGUtJeQ

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The YesProp86 Channel

MOVIE LENGTH - :16 sec.
CREDITS - yesprop86 seems to have a feed from the campaign, collecting the TV ads on their own YouTube channel.
REVIEW - Here’s the ad that names people who want you to vote No on Prop86.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 9/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVOiW_0oEgM

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For Teens Only

MOVIE LENGTH - 2:59 min.
CREDITS - boredominsurance’s high school film experiment “Effects of Tobacco”...a Jackboys Enterprises Production
REVIEW - Makes you laugh but delivers some serious facts about teen smoking at the end.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 8/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fLl28UaO4s

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My Buddy Bennett

MOVIE LENGTH - :25 sec.
CREDITS - farshad72 shows you a slice of long-time buddy, Bennett’s life in “Smoking”
REVIEW – Another quickie smile generator. For real tho', click here for a flash insight on tobacco/smoking's affect on four-legged mammals.
YOUTUBE UPLOAD - 6/06
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1atj02CJDSY

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Why Smoke & Movies?

This blog is for my ACS-UCD Diversity Coalition friends who say we should all ‘just vote Yes!’ on California’s Prop. 86.

I said I'd help from the digital side so here it is--a random roundup* of a dozen or so YouTube videos that help focus us on tobacco/smoking/cigarettes/health/politics/etcetera.

View ‘em and talk it up! Election's November 7th.

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