From agriculture to big business, from medicine to politics, "The Cigarette Century" is the definitive account of how smoking came to be so deeply implicated in our culture, science, policy, and law
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From agriculture to big business, from medicine to politics, "The Cigarette Century" is the definitive account of how smoking came to be so deeply implicated in our culture, science, policy, and law
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 600 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2006029005 Type of material Book Personal name Brandt, Allan M. Main title The cigarette century: the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt. Published/Created New York: Basic Books, c2007. Description vii, 600 p. : ill.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780465070473 (alk. paper) 0465070477 (alk. paper) LC classification HD9130.8. U5 B72 2007 Contents 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. Subjects Tobacco industry--United States--History--20th century. Smoking--United States--History--20th century. Smoking--Health aspects. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 338.4/767970973 Geographic area code n-us---
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 600 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 2007 edition with DJ. Book is LIKE NEW. No marks or writing. DJ shows minimal wear
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 9 1/2 h x 6 1/4w. A real nic e clean unmarked 608 page first edition hardcover with 1 low in number line. Dust jacket is nice but has a small tape repaired tear bottom left corner you may not see in my scan. 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. 100 million people died of smoking-related diseases in the 20th century; in the next 100 years, we expect 1 billion deaths worldwide.
