Lobbyiste séduisant et ambitieux, Nick Naylor met son charme, son talent et son sourire carnassier au service de la société Big Tobacco pour contrer les ravages de la politique de prévention contre le tabagisme. De conférence de presse en talk-show télévisé, il défend l’indéfendable, mais a du mal à convaincre son ex-femme qu’il peut être un père modèle pour son fils.
Comment la science peut-elle être instrumentalisée pour semer du doute ? Pourquoi et pour qui ? Et comment nous, individus et citoyens, y consentons-nous ? Fabriquer de l’ignorance consiste à semer le doute dans le débat public, un doute scientifique suffisant pour retarder ou paralyser toute action politique ou citoyenne.
In 20 years’ time, there will be nearly 1.6 billion smokers around the world. Approximately 70% of smokers want to quit. The United Nations’ World Health Organisation expects a billion people will die prematurely from smoking this century. The products their doctors recommend are rarely effective and many are trapped. A new vapour technology was invented to give smokers a successful way to quit. But it was quickly demonised, and even banned in many countries. A perfect storm is brewing between smokers trying to quit, government regulators, and health charities funded by the powerful pharmaceutical industry. Director Aaron Biebert travelled across four continents interviewing doctors, scientists, and others working to save a billion lives. What he found was profound government failure, widespread corruption in the public health community and powerful subversion by big business.
Just suppose there was a quit smoking method which could enable any smoker to quit – immediately, permanently, and without willpower, no torturous withdrawal or weight gain, no shock tactics, pills, patches or other gimmicks. Furthermore, not only could you find it easy to quit, but you can actually enjoy the process from the moment you extinguish the last cigarette and never again feel that you miss cigarettes or smoking. This stop smoking method exists and is called Allen Carr’s Easyway.
Jim, a slacker college student, decides to procrastinate on an essay worth 25% of his grade. Will he finish in time, or suffer the consequences?
Si le nombre de fumeurs diminue, l’industrie du tabac parvient toujours à conquérir de nouveaux marchés. Présentée comme une aide au sevrage tabagique, la cigarette électronique a la réputation d’être moins nocive que la version classique. Mais qu’en est-il vraiment ?
All Perfgina wants is to be on Jeopardy, but will her moms own plans stand in her way?
Amidst radical changes in nicotine use globally, one filmmaker's journey through the confusion & fear leads to a startling discovery about Earth's most hated stimulant. Society may be changed forever.