Deadly enemies : tobacco and its opponents in Australia / Ian Tyrrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyrrell, Ian R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco industry--Australia--History.

Tobacco industry.

Tobacco--Australia--History.

Tobacco.

Tobacco use--Australia.

Tobacco use.

History.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 1999.

Contents:

Part 1 Origins of Tobacco Wars 1

Chapter 1 Tobacco in colonial Australia 3

Chapter 2 The peril of juveniles smoking, c.1880 to 1914 19

Chapter 3 The smoke of battle 34

Part 2 Tobacco's Enemies, c.1880 To 1950 43

Chapter 4 A rearguard action: anti-tobacco reformers before 1950 45

Chapter 5 Smoking was a health hazard: medical evidence against tobacco to 1950 64

Chapter 6 A dirty, dangerous and expensive habit 78

Part 3 The Smoking Juggernaut: Tobacco and Its Attractions, c.1880 To 1950 93

Chapter 7 What smokers thought: prosperity, pleasure, health and risk in pro-smoking arguments 95

Chapter 8 What smokers did: changes in consumption patterns, 1900 to the 1950s 110

Chapter 9 They made me do it: media and the rise of cigarette smoking 124

Chapter 10 Learning to love tobacco: the rituals of smoking culture 138

Part 4 Death Struggles, 1950 to 1999 159

Chapter 11 Deadly evidence: the modern conflict begins 161

Chapter 12 Friendly persuasion: moderate anti-smoking strategies, c.1960 to 1976 178

Chapter 13 The new 'healthism' and militant antismoking 193

Chapter 14 Resistant habits/persistent enemies 207

Epilogue: Different paths 220

Appendix Consumption of tobacco 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-260) and index.

ISBN:

0868407453

OCLC:

43451707