1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,000 AN EDUCATIONAL FILM 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,320 BY THE GERMAN HYGIENE MUSEUM 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:05,480 IN THE GDR 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,080 PRODUCTION: FILMKOLLEKTIV DRESDEN-1978 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,720 PLEASURE 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,560 RISK 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,680 PLEASURE AND RISK 8 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:40,400 c.100 million cigarettes 9 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,960 are produced and supplied daily in the GDR. 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,120 Loads of pleasure for smokers, 11 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,600 but also a great risk for their health. 12 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,320 This affects men and women equally. 13 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:54,760 A few years ago, a lot more men 14 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:56,200 used to smoke than women. 15 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,360 Meanwhile, women have caught up, 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,680 at least, as far as cigarettes are concerned. 17 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,960 And consumption continues to rise alarmingly. 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,520 CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,000 In 1967, cigarette consumption per capita 20 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,600 was 1,150. 21 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,400 In 1974, it was already 1,413. 22 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,600 In 1976, it reached 1,468. 23 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,760 It is only his eighteenth today, 24 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:33,280 which amounts to 7,500 a year. 25 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,120 Think about it. 7,500 cigarettes. 26 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,080 A moderate smoker. 27 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,720 Of course, he wants to keep it at 20 or just a few more, a day. 28 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,640 But he needs them to feel good, 29 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,000 he says. 30 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,800 He knows that smoking doesn't really benefit health. 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,840 On the other hand, he knows people, even doctors, 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,440 who have grown as old as the hills while smoking. 33 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,960 Why should he give up on that pleasure? 34 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,520 Such is his opinion. 35 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,560 Let's listen to the doctor: 36 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:08,960 Prof. Renger, MD. 37 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,320 Each smoker will answer using such arguments 38 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,360 or similar ones. 39 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:16,640 He tries hard 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,160 to justify his bad habit or to excuse it. 41 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,520 But here's the key question: 42 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,720 Where does pleasure end? 43 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:29,560 And where do habit, dependence and addiction start? 44 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,280 Reaching for a cigarette has become a reflex. 45 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,360 It springs from the need to create a smoking atmosphere 46 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,200 or from nicotine dependence. 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,520 Is it really a pleasure? 48 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,520 It seems doubtful to me. 49 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,200 An irrefutable fact remains: 50 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,960 the health risk. 51 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,640 CIGARETTE USE AND HEART ATTACK 52 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,760 Do smokers know about their risk? 53 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,440 In smokers, the risk of having a heart attack or of dying, 54 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,320 is 2 to 3 times greater than in non-smokers. 55 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,760 It rises with the number of cigarettes smoked daily. 56 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:10,880 The younger one starts to smoke, 57 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,040 the greater the risk. 58 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,840 CIGARETTE USE AND LUNG CANCER 59 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,680 That smoking is responsible for specific organ cancer 60 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,320 is known the world over. 61 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,240 In heavy smokers, the risk of developing cancer 62 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,920 is 25-30 % greater than in non-smokers. 63 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,400 It is directly related to the number of cigarettes smoked. 64 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,160 Such figures make you think. 65 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,120 This isn't the first time 66 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,520 he's heard or read such data. 67 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,320 Good resolutions have often sprung from it. 68 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,920 But he forgot them after a few days. 69 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,120 He thinks he can trust his good constitution. 70 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,240 He feels healthy and fit. 71 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,920 Why should it affect him, of all people? 72 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,120 And finally, 73 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,640 smoking is his risk. 74 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:10,360 We cannot tolerate this notion of a purely personal risk. 75 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,120 Risk and health damage 76 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,920 are shared with family members. 77 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:17,640 Our society 78 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,600 provides enormous amounts of money for public health, 79 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,680 for prophylaxis and the fight against diseases, 80 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:29,600 including those than can result from smoking, 81 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,680 such as lung cancer and vascular disease. 82 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,720 They can lead to a heart attack 83 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:39,200 or cause the amputation of a leg. 84 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,640 Nowadays, there is plenty of scientific knowledge available 85 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,920 to prevent diseases. 86 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,160 It is our duty to implement it 87 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,720 in our way of life and behaviour. 88 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,240 Subtitles: Élisabeth Fuchs & Nicolas Guechi