Kick Butts Day, March 20, is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco.
The Rhode Island Tobacco Control Network is participating by holding the premier screening of Addiction Incorporated, a New York Times Film Critic’s pick.
In this documentary, a young drug researcher is hired by a tobacco company, unexpectedly discovers the ingredients of addiction and fuels a national campaign to have it regulated.
There will be a pre-film
Reception from 5:30 – 6:30 PM, and a post-film discussion. The minimum ticket
donation is $25 and all proceeds to benefit RITCN’s work to prevent youth tobacco
use.
Tobacco’s Toll in Rhode
Island
Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in Rhode Island, killing more people than alcohol, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined. Over 1,600 adults die each year in Rhode Island from tobacco-caused illnesses. And each year, 1,300 kids under 18 become new daily smokers in Rhode Island.
About Addiction Incorporated
A riveting true story of the tobacco industry’s lies and attempts to silence the scientist who blew the whistle on the industry’s deliberate plans to addict the population. The film shows footage of the scientist, Victor De Noble, testifying at the Congressional hearing where tobacco company executives were caught in their own web of lies. The documentary, written and directed by Charles Evans, Jr., and executive produced by Charmaine Parcero, is a one hour and 20 minute fascinating look at the tobacco industry and its duplicity, as well as the heroes who proved their deception. Here is the movie trailer:
About Kick Butts Day
Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco. On Kick Butts Day, March 20, 2013, over 1,000 events will take place in schools and communities across the United States, to raise awareness of the problem of tobacco use in their state or community and urge elected officials to take action to protect kids from tobacco. Kick Butts Day is organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and sponsored by the United Health Foundation. The first Kick Butts Day was held in 1996.
About RITCN
The Rhode Island Tobacco Control Network (RITCN) is an advocacy-driven coalition of over fifty health and community stakeholders working to reduce tobacco use and nicotine addiction.
