Prescription for Health: Secondhand Smoke (2014)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2014-06-20
Duration: 00:08:22
Subjects: Passive smoking | Health
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Deruise, Arianne Interviewee
- McLellan, Brent Interviewee
- Whitfield, Rani Interviewee
- Charles, Quanda Interviewee
Description
This segment from the June 20, 2014, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham’s report on the Breathe Easy Statewide Concert Tour, a series of concerts in smoke-free venues. He interviews Arianne Deruise, the lead singer of U4ria, a band that performs only in smoke-free venues, as well as Brent McLellan, the general manager of The Varsity in Baton Rouge, one of the concert venues on the tour. Whinham then conducts an in-studio interview with Dr. Rani Whitfield and Quanda Charles of the Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco Free Living. They discuss the dangers of secondhand smoke.