Golden holocaust : origins of the cigarette catastrophe and the case for abolition / Robert N. Proctor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proctor, Robert, 1954-

Series:

ACLS Fellows' Publications.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco industry--United States--History.

Tobacco industry.

Tobacco use--Health aspects.

Tobacco use.

Smoking--Psychological aspects.

Smoking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (775 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Origins of the cigarette catastrophe and the case for abolition

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing picture of tobacco manufacturers conspiring to block the recognition of tobacco-cancer hazards, even as they ensnare legions of scientists and politicians in a web of denial. Proctor tells heretofore untold stories of fraud and subterfuge, and he makes the strongest case to date for a simple yet ambitious remedy: a ban on the manufacture and sale of cigarettes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Prologue

Introduction: Who Knew What and When?

Part One. The Triumph of the Cigarette

Part Two. Discovering the Cancer Hazard

Part Three. Conspiracy on a Grand Scale

Part Four. Radiant Filth and Redemption

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Lexicon of Tobacco Industry Jargon

Timeline of Global Tobacco Mergers and Acquisitions (selected)

Timeline of Tobacco Industry Diversification into Candy, Food, Alcohol, and other Products (selected)

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613587343

9781280492112

1280492112

9780520950436

0520950437

OCLC:

784884555