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The Cigarette Century
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The Cigarette Century (2007) (edit title/settings)

The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America

by Allan M. Brandt (Author) (edit contributors)

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The definitive history of the cigarette, the product that shaped twentieth-century America--from modern advertising to science, from regulatory politics to our sense of glamour and style. The industrial manufacture of cigarettes began in the late nineteenth century, but it wasn't until... read more

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Introduction: The Camel Man and Me
I. Culture
1. Pro Bono Publico
2. Tobacco as Much as Bullets
3. Engineering Consent
II. Science
4. More Doctors Smoke Camels
5. The Causal Conundrum
6. Constructing Controversy
III. Politics
7. The Surgeon General Has Determined
8. Congress - The Best Filter Yet
9. Your Cigarette is Killing Me
IV. Law
10. Nicotine is the Product
11. Mr. Butts Goes to Washington
12. The Trials of Big Tobacco
V. Globalization
13. Exporting an Epidemic
Epilogue: The Crime of the Century
References
Note on Sources
Acknowledgements
Index

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  1. Allan M. Brandt (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9780465070473
Page Count: 607

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  • Library of Congress: HD9130.8.U5 B72 2007
  • Dewey: 338.4767970973

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