A text message chat between brothers kicks off Tobacco Horror Picture Show, a hit video combining humor with horror in a memorable format to drive home the message that nicotine hooks you, while tar in tobacco kills you. Featured is Debi Austin, a throat cancer victim who smokes through the stoma opening in her neck where her larynx used to be. Dramatic presentations by "vampires" and other horror genre characters are balanced with interviews from the recovering teen smokers and dippers who offer sage advice to fellow students: "Don't start!" 25 minutes.