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NOVA; Can China Kick The Habit

11/08/1993

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Series

NOVA

Program

Can China Kick The Habit

Program Number

2109

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

This program visits the most cigarette-addicted nation in the world--China. Western advertising and trading practices have exacerbated the fatal romance with smoking in the world's most populous country, where lung cancer cases are beginning to strain the nation's health care system.

Duration

00:66:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Can China Kick The Habit,” 11/08/1993, GBH Archives, accessed December 9, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_63853E610C544799AB584EA83B189BA0.

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