The Cigarette Century – The rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780465070473
- Titel
- The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America
- Författare
- Brandt, Allan M.
- Förlag
- New York : Basic Books
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-578) and index.
Introduction: the Camel Man and me -- Culture -- Pro bono publico -- Tobacco as much as bullets -- Engineering consent -- Science -- More doctors smoke Camels -- The causal conundrum -- Constructing controversy -- Politics -- The surgeon general has determined -- Congress : the best filter yet -- Your cigarette is killing me -- Law -- Nicotine is the product -- Mr. Butts goes to Washington -- The trials of big tobacco -- Globalization -- Exporting an epidemic -- Epilogue: the crime of the century -- References -- Note on sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index.