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Arlene Hirschfelder
ISBN: 0-313-35808-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35808-1
192 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/1/2010
List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 4/1/2010)
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Description: With calls for greater government oversight of tobacco culminating in the historic June 2009 passage of federal anti-smoking legislation, Tobacco could not be more timely. It is the most authoritative and accessible volume available on the evolution of tobacco consumption as well as efforts to protect consumers from its dangers.

Tobacco focuses on five key issues: tobacco excise taxation and health policy; the often misleading advertising of cigarettes and “low tar/nicotine” alternatives; the role of the Food and Drug Administration in regulating tobacco; education and prevention efforts aimed at children and teens; and environmental tobacco health risks, including second hand smoke. It is an eye-opening introduction to the entire history of efforts to regulate tobacco—from its beginnings in the Progressive Era of the early 20th century to recent efforts to uncover suppressed medical reports, ban smoking ads, and get smoking out of the movies.

 Title Features:
Primary sources documents including internal tobacco company studies, legal proceedings, and more

A bliography of significant books and Web sites in the fields of tobacco history, medicine, and public health
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