tobacco habit

Provides a history of tobacco products and smoking, with a discussion of harmful effects and changing social attitudes.

Examines the role of tobacco as a major economic, political, social, and health issue. Includes information on the tobacco industry and on the hazards of smoking.

Discusses tobacco, how it damages the body, why people use it, and how to keep from ever starting to smoke.

Discusses major issues relating to smoking, including its relation to American culture, economy, and disease.

A history of the American tobacco industry, looking at the companies and their leaders who have been able to overcome all doomsayers to continue peddling their product.

Nearly 50 years after the US surgeon general linked smoking with cancer, heart disease and other deadly illnesses, more than 20 percent of the American population continues to smoke. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines the issue.

A collection of articles on the pros and cons of tobacco use and the tobacco industry practice in the United States.

Offers adolescents and teens an overview of the issues surrounding tobacco, discussing the different forms of tobacco, how they affect the body, the laws related to tobacco use, and the dangers of smoking.

Presents a history of the tobacco industry and smoking, looks at laws related to tobacco, features a biographical listing of significant people in the field, and includes a chronology, a glossary, and a guide to further research.

Offers high school students comprehensive statistical information on legal and illegal drug use in the United States and their impact on a person's mood and physiology, medical use, political and economic ramifications, treatments, trafficking, and other related topics.