An expose of the tobacco industry discusses the cultural, political, scientific, and legal aspects of cigarette smoking in modern America.

As Cassandra Tate reports in this fascinating work of historical scholarship, between 1890 and 1930, fifteen states enacted laws to ban the sale, manufacture, possession, and/or use of cigarettes--and no fewer than twenty-two other states ...

Despite the obvious importance of the topic, this is the first comprehensive reference on tobacco smoke toxicity, making for essential reading for all toxicologists and healthcare professionals dealing with smoking-related diseases.

The Cigarette: A Political History offers a fresh interpretation of tobacco's role in the twentieth century.

Includes: background on nicotine pharmacology; corporate relationship between British-American Tobacco Co. and Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co.; FDA letters to tobacco manufacturers; bibliography of industry-funded research; marketing of ...

Dealing with an emotional subject that has generated more heat than light, this book is a dispassionate tour de force that examines the nature of the companies' culpability, the complicity of society as a whole, and the shaky moral ground ...