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A Billion Lives
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A Billion Lives

May 11, 2016
1h 34m
★ 8.0

A true story of the vaping revolution and tragic corruption leading to a billion deaths around the world.

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Attention Era Media

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Cast

Clive Bates

Himself

Clive Bates

Delon Human

Himself

Delon Human

Oliver Kershaw

Himself

Oliver Kershaw

Jeff Stiers

Himself

Jeff Stiers

John Summers

Himself

John Summers

Aaron Biebert

Narrator

Aaron Biebert

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