Tobacco Contributor(s): Hirschfelder, Arlene (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313358087 ISBN-13: 9780313358081 Publisher: Greenwood
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2010 Click for more in this series: Health and Medical Issues Today |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Health Care Issues - Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - General |
Dewey: 362.296 |
LCCN: 2010007135 |
Series: Health and Medical Issues Today |
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.4" W x 9.28" L (1.27 lbs) 280 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Scitech Book News 12/01/2010 pg. 9 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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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