Death in the West (1976)

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United Kingdom

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How it feels

This 1976 documentary follows reporter Peter Taylor and his film crew as they investigate the tobacco industry. It includes the first filmed admission from a company representative that smoking causes health problems.

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What happens

Death in the West is a 1976 documentary film directed by Martin Smith, which is believed to contain the first recorded admission from a tobacco company representative that smoking causes health problems. It was filmed by reporter Peter Taylor alongside a team from the United Kingdom current affairs program This Week. The film aired only once in the UK, from London in September 1976 on Thames Television, to an audience of approximately 12 million viewers, before a court order was obtained preventing it from being re-aired. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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