
Tobacco
Arlene Hirschfelder(Author)
Greenwood Press
Published on 2. June 2010
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-313-35808-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to historic and contemporary efforts to regulate tobacco and reduce the staggering number of people who die from using tobacco products.
With calls for greater government regulation of tobacco culminating in the historic June 2009 passage of federal antismoking legislation, Tobacco could not be more timely. It is the most authoritative and accessible volume available on the evolution of tobacco consumption as well as efforts to protect consumers from its dangers.
Tobacco focuses on five key issues: tobacco excise taxation and health policy; the often misleading advertising of cigarettes and "low tar/nicotine" alternatives; the role of the Food and Drug Administration in regulating tobacco; education and prevention efforts aimed at children and teens; and environmental tobacco health risks, including second hand smoke. It is an eye-opening introduction to the entire history of efforts to regulate tobacco-from its beginnings in the Progressive Era of the early 20th century to recent efforts to uncover suppressed medical reports, ban smoking ads, and get smoking out of the movies.
With calls for greater government regulation of tobacco culminating in the historic June 2009 passage of federal antismoking legislation, Tobacco could not be more timely. It is the most authoritative and accessible volume available on the evolution of tobacco consumption as well as efforts to protect consumers from its dangers.
Tobacco focuses on five key issues: tobacco excise taxation and health policy; the often misleading advertising of cigarettes and "low tar/nicotine" alternatives; the role of the Food and Drug Administration in regulating tobacco; education and prevention efforts aimed at children and teens; and environmental tobacco health risks, including second hand smoke. It is an eye-opening introduction to the entire history of efforts to regulate tobacco-from its beginnings in the Progressive Era of the early 20th century to recent efforts to uncover suppressed medical reports, ban smoking ads, and get smoking out of the movies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
587 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-35808-1 (9780313358081)
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Person
Arlene Hirschfelder, historian and educator, has been writing about tobacco for almost 20 years.
Content
Series Foreword
Part I: Overview
1 Demography of Tobacco Users
2 Tobacco Use, Health Risks, and Disease
3 Public Health and Tobacco
4 U.S. Surgeons General, Tobacco, and Public Health
5 Tobacco Advertising and Health
Part II: Controversies and Issues
6 Tobacco Excise Taxation and Health Policy
7 Filtered ("Low-Tar/Nicotine") Cigarettes, Advertising, and Health Risks
8 The Food and Drug Administration, Tobacco Regulation, and Health
9 Preventing/Reducing Tobacco Use by Children and Teens
10 Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Health Risks
Part III: References and Resources
A Timeline of Tobacco Use and Health
B Annotated Primary Source Documents
Notes
Further Reading
Index
Part I: Overview
1 Demography of Tobacco Users
2 Tobacco Use, Health Risks, and Disease
3 Public Health and Tobacco
4 U.S. Surgeons General, Tobacco, and Public Health
5 Tobacco Advertising and Health
Part II: Controversies and Issues
6 Tobacco Excise Taxation and Health Policy
7 Filtered ("Low-Tar/Nicotine") Cigarettes, Advertising, and Health Risks
8 The Food and Drug Administration, Tobacco Regulation, and Health
9 Preventing/Reducing Tobacco Use by Children and Teens
10 Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Health Risks
Part III: References and Resources
A Timeline of Tobacco Use and Health
B Annotated Primary Source Documents
Notes
Further Reading
Index