Title The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt

Published New York : Basic Books, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 600 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series ACLS Humanities E-Book Contents 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 Summary The invention of mass marketing led to cigarettes being emblazoned in advertising and film, deeply tied to modern notions of glamour and sex appeal. It is hard to find a photo of Humphrey Bogart or Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. No product has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched in American consciousness. And no product has received such sustained scientific scrutiny. The development of new medical knowledge demonstrating the dire harms of smoking ultimately shaped the evolution of evidence-based medicine. In response, the tobacco industry engineered a campaign of scientific disinformation seeking to delay, disrupt, and suppress these studies. Using a massive archive of previously secret documents, historian Allan Brandt shows how the industry pioneered these campaigns, particularly using special interest lobbying and largesse to elude regulation. But even as the cultural dominance of the cigarette has waned and consumption has fallen dramatically in the U.S., Big Tobacco remains securely positioned to expand into new global markets. The implications for the future are vast: 100 million people died of smoking-related diseases in the 20th century; in the next 100 years, we expect 1 billion deaths worldwide.--Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-578) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Tobacco industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century Smoking -- United States -- History -- 20th century Smoking -- Health aspects Smoking. Tobacco use. Nicotine addiction. Tobacco industry. Habit. Industries. History. Human behavior. Humanities. Smoking History, 20th Century Tobacco Industry Habits Industry History, Modern 1601- History Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Behavior Technology, Industry, Agriculture Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Humanities Psychiatry and Psychology Tobacco Use Disorder History, Early Modern 1451-1600 industry (economic concept) industries (organizations) history (discipline) human behavior. humanities. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture. Tobacco use Nicotine addiction Industries Humanities Human behavior History Habit Smoking Smoking -- Health aspects Tobacco industry Tabaksindustrie. Roken. Sigaretten. Industries. Business & Economics. Tobaksindustri -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1900-talet. Tobaksrökning -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1900-talet. Tobaksrökning -- hälsoaspekter. United States Verenigde Staten. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2006029005 ISBN 9780465070473 0465070477 9780786727537 0786727535 0465070485 9780465070480 9780786721900 0786721901

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