Global Health with Greg Martin
Tobacco Control - a public health priority
Tobacco control remains a pivotal public health issue in the 21st century. Each year, millions of preventable deaths worldwide are attributed to tobacco use, a habit that significantly increases the risk of a multitude of diseases, from...
Wonderscape
The Hidden Dangers of Hookah and E-Cigarettes
Hookahs and e-cigarettes have emerged as popular alternatives to traditional cigarettes among young people, often marketed with appealing flavors. However, these products are just as addictive and carry many of the same risks as smoking...
Wonderscape
The Startling Rate of Teen Smoking and Its Dangers
Despite widespread awareness of the severe health risks, over 3,200 kids under the age of 18 start smoking daily. Understand the addictive nature of nicotine found in cigarettes and other tobacco products, making it extremely challenging...
Curated Video
Effects of Smoking
We test the effects of smoking by drawing first air and then cigarette smoke through apparatus that contains mineral wool and universal indicator. The air has no effect, but the smoke discolours the wool and changes the colour of the...
Curated Video
What's in a Cigarette?
Discover the scale and effects of the chemical ingredients in cigarettes. What are smokers breathing in to their lungs, and what effects are these chemicals having on them? Biology - Healthy Living - When a cigarette is burned it...
Curated Video
Dangers of smoking
Warning: Contains footage of smoking. Why do so many people smoke when the risk to their health is so high? Life processes - Humans and other animals - Drug awareness Learning Points Smoking damages health. Smoking increases the...
Institute of Human Anatomy
Why Smoking ANYTHING Is a Terrible Idea...
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the reality of smoking, regardless of what's actually be smoked.
PBS
What's up with all this Vaping?
E-Cigarettes are everywhere. Vaping has become so ubiquitous that "vape" was Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2014. Today, Danielle looks at how and why vaping took off. She examines the early 20th century prototypes for electric...
The Guardian
We're quitting smoking, so why is big tobacco booming?
Smoking rates are falling in the UK, US and much of Europe. Forty-five per cent of Brits smoked in the 60s and 70s, compared with just 15% today. You would think this was bad news for cigarette profits, but tobacco companies are making...
Curated Video
Vaping Increases The Risk of Depression
Researchers at Johns Hopkins published a study in December 2019 showing a link between e-cigarettes and depression. This isn’t the first study of it’s kind. There have been others. Depression and vaping are seen as having a bidirectional...
Curated Video
Let’s Talk About Drugs
Dr. Algae talks about the differences between good (legal) drugs and bad (illegal) drugs. He then explains the adverse effects bad drugs can have on the body and encourages your student to make a pledge not to use illegal drugs.
Curated Video
Causes of Supply Curve Shifts
This is a lecture on the causes of shifts in the supply curve in microeconomics. The lecturer then identifies the four main causes of supply shifts, including changes in the cost of production, introduction of new technology, factors...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tobacco and the Human Body - Part 1
Tobacco and the Human Body, a 1954 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
The Wall Street Journal
Staying Safe
In an era of deregulation, what happens to drug policy designed to keep the public safe?
ACDC Leadership
Pollution, the Government, and MSB=MSC- Microeconomics Topic 6.2
Should we end pollution? Could we even if we wanted to? Mr. Clifford explains marginal social cost, externalities and the role of the government. Don't forget to watch the very end.
Healthcare Triage
Is Vaping Linked to Lung Cancer? We Turn to Mice.
We don’t yet know the long-term health consequences of e-cigarettes, and gaining that knowledge could take decades. However, a recently published study in mice offers new data for consideration.
Healthcare Triage
Marijuana and The Risk of Stroke
Sources like WebMD would have you believing that smoking pot drastically increases your risk of stroke. Let’s see what sources like Healthcare Triage think about that.
Science360
Researchers discover how elephant seals protect their organs when diving! NSF Science Now 24
In this week’s episode, we discover secrets in buried soils; we learn how elephant seals protect their organs when diving; we learn about Amulet -- the future in wearable technology; and, finally, we explore the fast-moving Thwaites...
60 Second Histories
Princess Mary's Christmas Gift
A description of the brass box given to every serving soldier; it explains why and what the different boxes contained.
Next Animation Studio
Even nicotine-free e-cigarettes can harm blood flow, study finds
New research has found that vaping temporarily is enough to impact the body’s blood vessels.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Hidden Danger
This summer's bushfire disaster has already taken 28 lives directly, but countless others could suffer from the health impacts of prolonged exposure to toxic smoke.
Healthcare Triage
The Acrylamide in Coffee Won't Give You Cancer, CALIFORNIA
A judge in California recently ruled that coffee would be required to carry a carcinogen warning label, since it contains acrylamide. Well, have the barista make you a double espresso with a shot of evidence, because that coffee probably...
ACDC Leadership
Pollution, the Government, and MSB=MSC- Microeconomics 6.2
Should we end pollution? Could we even if we wanted to? Mr. Clifford explains marginal social cost, externalities and the role of the government. Don't forget to watch the very end.
Mr. Beat
Why the Principal Can Search Your Purse | New Jersey v. T. L. O.
In episode 52 of Supreme Court Briefs, two students get caught smoking in the high school restroom, and one denies it, so the principal searches her purse