Public opinion, public policy, and smoking : the transformation of American attitudes and cigarette use, 1890-2016 / Thomas R. Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Thomas R., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smoking--Government policy--United States--History.

Smoking.

Antismoking movement--United States--History.

Antismoking movement.

Smoking--United States--Public opinion--History.

Public opinion--United States--History.

Public opinion.

History.

Smoking--Government policy.

United States.

Smoking--Public opinion.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 209 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Smoking: The Transformation of American Attitude and Cigarette Use, 1890-2016 tracks Americans' changing attitudes about cigarette smoking over the last century. With data from more than five thousand public and privately conducted polls, this book carefully examines how Americans came to understand the health risks of smoking; how the tobacco industry sought to reframe smoking; and how public opinion support for tobacco control affected lawsuits, elections, and public policies. This book tests several well-known linkage models that connect public opinion with public policy. It shows that conventional wisdom about public opinion and tobacco control policy is often mistaken. This book offers the first in-depth look at American public opinion and cigarette smoking during the last century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Of public opinion, public policy, and smoking

In the beginning

Public opinion and the health risks of smoking

Polls and the battle over smoking

Public opinion, federal policies, and smoking

Public opinion, juries, and courts

Public opinion, public policy, and the end of smoking

Bringing public opinion back into tobacco control policy

Bibliography

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Marshall, Thomas R., 1949- author. Public opinion, public policy, and smoking

ISBN:

9781498504324

1498504329

OCLC:

952195776