Expos?e of the tobacco industry, documenting how companies have misled the American public about the dangers of smoking, including details of marketing programs that target children, the work of the Food and Drug Administration to regulate cigarettes, and discussion of how modern cigarettes are made.
Discusses the history of tobacco, health risks associated with tobacco use, tactics employed by tobacco manufacturers, social consequences of smoking, prevention efforts, and treatment options.
Provides background information on the tobacco industry and the history of health warnings about smoking; describes the legal case "Cipollone v. Liggett Group," in which the family of a woman who died of lung cancer sued a cigarette company and made it all the way to the Supreme Court; and urges readers to decide for themselves who was at fault in the case.
Describes how the health dangers of tobacco became known, despite the political clout and promotional rhetoric that once kept the tobacco industry thriving.
Discusses the changes that have occurred with regulations on the tobacco industry, covering the industry's attempts to conceal their findings about health issues related to smoking, the work of the Department of Justice and the Food and Drug Administration, and more.
Examines how tobacco control laws are implemented and enforced; discusses the relationships between legislature and anti-tobacco advocates; and provides synopses of case studies involving the taxing of tobacco, the sale of cigarettes to minors, and public smoking laws.
Examines the health risks of using smokeless tobacco--spit, chew, chaw, dip, plug, snuff--and describes its popularity amongst professional baseball players and athletes, how tobacco companies advertise smokeless tobacco, and other related topics.
