Golden holocaust origins of the cigarette catastrophe and the case for abolition

The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to...

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Main Author:	Proctor, Robert N
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley University of California Press 2012
Edition:	1
Subjects:	Addiction adverse effects america and tobacco cigarette addiction cigarettes and death dangers of smoking drug addiction drug research literature drugs and health economics Government Regulation Health aspects Health Sciences History history of cigarettes history of tobacco History, 20th Century Holocaust how to quit smoking MEDICAL MEDICAL / General MEDICAL / History medical ethics medical lit medicine Persuasive Communication Psychological aspects psychology Public health public health history Smoking Smoking > Psychological aspects smoking and cancer smoking kills smoking recovery Tobacco tobacco addiction tobacco and cancer tobacco and death tobacco business Tobacco industry Tobacco Industry - economics - United States Tobacco industry > United States > History tobacco industry lies tobacco manufacturers tobacco scandal Tobacco use Tobacco use > Health aspects U.S.A United States United States tobacco and death history of cigarettes how to quit smoking medical history tobacco industry lies drug research literature drug addiction medical lit smoking and cancer america and tobacco medical ethics tobacco addiction dangers of smoking history of tobacco tobacco business public health history public health tobacco manufacturers smoking kills drugs and health tobacco and cancer medicine tobacco industry smoking recovery tobacco scandal cigarettes and death cigarette addiction
ISBN:	0520270169, 9780520270169, 0520950437, 9780520950436
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Summary:	The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing picture of tobacco manufacturers conspiring to block the recognition of tobacco-cancer hazards, even as they ensnare legions of scientists and politicians in a web of denial. Proctor tells heretofore untold stories of fraud and subterfuge, and he makes the strongest case to date for a simple yet ambitious remedy: a ban on the manufacture and sale of cigarettes.
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ISBN:	0520270169 9780520270169 0520950437 9780520950436
DOI:	10.1525/9780520950436