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The cigarette century : the rise, fall and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: | New York, NY : Basic Books, 2007 |
| Umfang: | VII, 600, [16] S. : Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780465070473 0465070477 |
| Anmerkungen: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |