Introduction -- The proposed federal settlement -- The settlement of the state lawsuits -- The financial costs of smoking to society -- The financial costs to the states and the federal government -- Environmental tobacco smoke -- Risk beliefs and addiction -- Youth smoking: beyond Joe Camel -- Promoting safer cigarettes -- Lessons from the tobacco deal
Summary
The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled 243 billion, making it the largest payoff ever in our civil justice system. Two key questions drove the lawsuits and the attendant settlement: Do smokers understand the risks of smoking? And does smoking impose net financial costs on the states?With Smoke-Filled Rooms, W. Kip Viscusi provides unexpected answers to these questions, drawing on an impressive range of data on several topics central to the smoking policy debate. Based on surveys of smokers in the United States and Spain, for instance
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index
