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These programmes were filmed at the Maudsley Smoker's Clinic in London, and at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Loma Linda, California. The interviews in the first film give excellent insight into the process of quitting through the eyes of eleven patients at various stages of the process. We learn through example how informed health care professionals can help in this process, with the use of behavioural techniques and medication with nicotine replacement and bupropion.

This programme was filmed at the Maudsley Smoker's Clinic in London, and at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Loma Linda, California. In this second film, the issues including the role of the Professional with behavioural techniques, nicotine replacement and bupropion are explored fully with the three experts Dr Linda Ferry, Gay Sutherland and Michael Belcher. Finally the special facets of the problem in less developed countries, and the responsibilities of the Medical Profession are explored...

Doctors and other health care professionals generally poorly understand alcoholism, and this film aims to correct that deficiency. It opens with a moving and informative discussion between four members of the Alcohol Recovery Group at King's College Hospital, London, who are at different stages of recovery. There follows a discussion with Mick McDaid of the 12 steps to recovery practiced by Alcoholics Anonymous. Finally there are two discussions with experts on alcoholism and its management-...