The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America /
Brandt, Allan M.
The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt. - New York : Basic Books, c2007. - vii, 600 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780465070473 (alk. paper) 0465070477 (alk. paper)
2006029005
Tobacco industry--History--United States--20th century.
Smoking--History--United States--20th century.
Smoking--Health aspects.
HD9130.8.U5 / B72 2007
338.4/767970973
The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt. - New York : Basic Books, c2007. - vii, 600 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
9780465070473 (alk. paper) 0465070477 (alk. paper)
2006029005
Tobacco industry--History--United States--20th century.
Smoking--History--United States--20th century.
Smoking--Health aspects.
HD9130.8.U5 / B72 2007
338.4/767970973