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BL
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1016748
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b771118
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Brandt, Allan M.
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| Title & Author
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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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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Basic Books,, ©2007.
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vii, 600 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0465070477
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: 0465070485
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: 9780465070473
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: 9780465070480
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-578) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"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"--
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An exposé of the tobacco industry discusses the cultural, political, scientific, and legal aspects of cigarette smoking in modern America.
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Smoking-- Health aspects.
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Smoking-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Tobacco industry-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Smoking-- Health aspects.
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Smoking.
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Tobacco industry.
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Tobaksindustri-- historia-- Förenta staterna-- 1900-talet.
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Tobaksrökning-- hälsoaspekter.
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Tobaksrökning-- historia-- Förenta staterna-- 1900-talet.
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Tobacco Industry-- ethics.
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Tobacco Industry-- history.
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Roken.
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Sigaretten.
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Tabaksindustrie.
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History, 20th Century.
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Smoking-- adverse effects.
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Smoking-- history.
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United States.
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United States.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/767970973
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| LC Classification
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HD9130.8.U5B72 2007
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2007 E-173
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HD 9130.8.U5B821c 2007
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15.85bcl
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338.476797097322
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