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Author Brandt, Allan M.

Title The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2007]
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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.296 B73    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.4767 B821C    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  338.1737 BRANDT    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  338.17 BR    Check Shelf
Description vii, 600 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-578) and index.
Contents Introduction : The Camel Man and me -- [pt]. 1. Culture -- 1. Pro bono publico -- 2. Tobacco as much as bullets -- 3. Engineering consent -- [pt]. 2. Science -- 4. More doctors smoke Camels -- 5. The causal conundrum -- 6. Constructing controversy -- [pt]. 3. Politics -- 7. The surgeon general has determined -- 8. Congress : the best filter yet -- 9. Your cigarette is killing me -- [pt]. 4. Law -- 10. Nicotine is the product -- 11. Mr. Butts goes to Washington -- 12. The trials of big tobacco -- [pt]. 5. Globalization -- 13. Exporting an epidemic -- Epilogue : The crime of the century -- References -- Note on sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Tobacco Industry -- ethics -- United States.
Tobacco Industry -- history -- United States.
History, 20th Century -- United States.
Smoking -- adverse effects -- United States.
Smoking -- history -- United States.
Tobacco industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Smoking -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Smoking -- Health aspects.
ISBN 9780465070473
0465070477
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