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Three Toke up(سه کام حبس)

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 8:35 AM - 9:00 AM

Seyed Mohammad Houshialsadat , Student Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Amir Gougol , Tehran University, Los Gatos, CA
Student Affair Center of a medical school decided to make a film concerning cigarette smoking high prevalence between students. A student and a faculty member as the supervisor entitled to handle a documentary regarding the smoking. While the movie was close to be completed, the professor was diagnosed with a cancer which ultimately lead to his blindness and death. This event did some shift in the direction and scope of the young movie-maker. He explored more in his professor life and added his story in between his documentary.

Learning Areas:

Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Discuss why different groups of people still do smoking in spite of full awareness to its harms

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have graduated from Tehran University of Art. 5 years ago I was invited by Tehran University of Medical Sciences to establish a group for making moving in the field of medicine and public health. The results of this collaboration were five short and narrative movies all seeking health issues in Iran. This last movie, Three Toke Up , is written and directed by the joint work of Dr Amir Gougol and me.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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