Burning Desire: The Seduction of Smoking

Duration: 58'58''

Synopsis

Documentary exploring attitudes to cigarettes and smoking. Peter Taylor travels to Australia to look at the tobacco industry's last-ditch battle to prevent plain packaging.

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