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In this scene from "Sex, Lies & Cigarettes," correspondent Christof Putzel meets Indonesian activists who are challenging the pervasive marketing of smoking -- the kind of advertisements long banned in the U.S. Single cigarettes are available for as little as five cents each and are often sold just outside schools.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.In this scene from "Sex, Lies & Cigarettes," correspondent Christof... more
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Big tobacco has marketing to consumers using glamorous images and slogans, and now federal governments are beginning to turn those strategies against them. No later than 2012, all cigarette packaging in the United States will feature graphic warning images depicting the hazards of smoking instead of the standard surgeon general warning. As of January 2012, Australia is set to become the first country to implement plain packaging for cigarettes, removing unique signifiers for brands. Phillip Morris has challenged the legality of Australia's initiative, and the victor for this case could set a huge precedent for whether or not other countries, including Indonesia, are able to make similar changes in the future. But is this enough? In tonight's all-new episode of Vanguard, correspondent Chrisof Putzel travels to Indonesia to investigate why big tobacco has focused its attention on countries like Indonesia.
With such a strong foothold in poorer countries, could more graphic warning labels and less stylised brand marketing be enough to deter consumers? What else could the government and health organizations do to warn against smoking?
Tell us what you think, and then watch the premiere of "Sex, Lies & Cigarettes" tonight at 9/8c to learn more about the tobacco industry's rise in the east.
For more information, visit http://current.com/vanguard.Big tobacco has marketing to consumers using glamorous images and slogans, and now... more
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In this exclusive behind the scenes look at Vanguard's "Sex, Lies, and Cigarettes," correspondent Christof Putzel reveals why the viral video of a smoking baby led Vanguard to Indonesia, where "big tobacco" still reigns over a whole new, much younger generation.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.In this exclusive behind the scenes look at Vanguard's "Sex, Lies, and... more
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In the summer of 2010, a viral video featuring a 2-year-old who would become known as the “smoking baby” hit the internet. The original news story featured a toddler named Aldi, who lived in a small village on Indonesia and quickly became infamous. The attention surround Aldi’s two-pack-a-day habit amused some and alarmed many more, inspiring Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel to leave the US and investigate Big Tobacco’s influence on developing countries.
While filming the upcoming Vanguard episode "Sex, Lies & Cigarettes," Putzel finds that Big Tobacco's influence hasn’t disappeared just because it has become so heavily regulated in the U.S. Instead, it’s simply moved to poorer countries, where laws restricting marketing to youth generally don't exist.
Watch this dispatch from Putzel's research in the field:
In the summer of 2010, a viral video featuring a 2-year-old who would become known as... more
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In this dispatch from the field, Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel accepts a dare from his local fixer to eat some of the spiciest green chiles in town.
"Sex, Lies & Cigarettes" premieres Tuesday, June 28 at 9/8c.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.In this dispatch from the field, Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel accepts a dare... more
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In this dispatch from the field, Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel leaves the small Indonesian village where he met Aldi, also known as the "Smoking Baby," the child who caught the world's attention in a viral video.
"Sex, Lies & Cigarettes" premieres Tuesday, June 28 at 9/8c.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.In this dispatch from the field, Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel leaves the... more
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In this dispatch from the field, Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel stops in a busy intersection in Jakarta, Indonesia, to point out a billboard featuring skateboarders, though tobacco companies routinely insist they are not deliberately targeting youth with their marketing campaigns.
"Sex, Lies & Cigarettes" premieres Tuesday, June 28 at 9/8c.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.In this dispatch from the field, Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel stops in a... more
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The Smoking Baby - the 2-year old who became a global YouTube sensation in the summer of 2010, has unwittingly become the posterchild and symptom of a Big Tobacco-sponsored battle being waged in developing markets.
In "Sex, Lies & Cigarettes," Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel heads to Indonesia, where he exposes Big Tobacco's successful and deadly expansion into that country, and observes the stage being set for a David vs. Goliath battle, as a small, underfunded group of concerned advocates battle Big Tobacco and a government drunk on profits and denial.
"Sex, Lies & Cigarettes" premieres on Tuesday, June 28 at 9/8c on Current TV.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.The Smoking Baby - the 2-year old who became a global YouTube sensation in the summer... more
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Does this little guy look familiar?
Meet Aldi. In 2010, he became known as the "smoking baby" with the two-pack-a-day habit, the star of a viral video that raised very serious questions about addiction, parenting and the influence of Big Tobacco in developing countries. Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel traveled to Indonesia to find Aldi and uncover the truth behind one of the world's cutest kids.
"Sex, Lies & Cigarettes" premieres Tuesday, June 28 at 9/8c on Current TV. Go to http://current.com/smokingbaby for more.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.
Current Media, the Peabody-and Emmy Award-winning television and online network founded in 2005 by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, engages viewers with smart, provocative and timely programming -stories that no one else is telling in ways that no one else is telling them. Current's programming shines a light where others won't dare and boldly explores important subjects -- opening minds, sparking conversations and forming deep connections with its viewers. The channel's audience is comprised of affluent, curious, social and connected adults who crave the kind of entertaining, enlightening, witty and informative programming found on Current's TV and online properties. Current is now available via cable and satellite TV in 75 million households worldwide - 60 million households in the US - through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107); Time Warner ; DirecTV (Channel 358 nationwide); Dish Network (Channel 196 nationwide); Verizon and AT&T. In the UK and Ireland, Current is available on BSkyB (Channel 183) and Virgin Media (Channel 155), and in Italy, Current is available on Sky Italia (Channel 130). Viewers can also find Current online at http://www.current.com.Does this little guy look familiar?
Meet Aldi. In 2010, he became known as the... more
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