Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375700366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 832 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly The time is right for a comprehensive history of cigarettes in America and their effect on public health and the economy. . Kluger has harsh words for government regulators, long too timid to take on a powerful industry. Kluger (Simple Justice) traces the rise of the cigarette to the onset of mass production in the late 19th century. Kluger concludes with an innovative policy remedy: because the tobacco companies will inevitably lose big in court someday, why not trade a federal exemption from lawsuits for limits on advertising
No book before this one has rendered the story of cigarettes -- mankind's most common self-destructive instrument and its most profitable consumer product -- with such sweep and enlivening detail.Here for the first time, in a story full of the complexities and contradictions of human nature, all the strands of the historical process -- financial, social, psychological, medical, political, and legal -- are woven together in a riveting narrative. The key characters are the top corporate executives, public health investigators, and antismoking activists who have clashed ever more stridently as Americans debate whether smoking should be closely regulated as a major health mena
Be ready with a highlighter and cross referencing. kathologist Mr Kluger's tome contains fascinating insight into the nuts and bolts and agendas of entiites involved with 19th and 20th C. E. history of combusted cigarettes, cigars and experimentals. Not all of it can be taken at face value, but it does cover a huge amount of information over the many aspects of this staple of the US economy.. "Fascinating but where was the editing?" according to P. Meltzer. There is no question but that the book was exhaustively researched and tells you everything you might want to know about the tobacco industry over the past 100 years. Often it was compelling reading as well. But it seems to me it could have been a good deal shorter and still have gotten the main points across--say under Fascinating but where was the editing? P. Meltzer There is no question but that the book was exhaustively researched and tells you everything you might want to know about the tobacco industry over the past 100 years. Often it was compelling reading as well. But it seems to me it could have been a good deal shorter and still have gotten the main points across--say under 450 pages rather than 750 pages. It seems that every fact Kluger ever uncovered went into this book. As a general matter, I also found the book much more interesting when it was . 50 pages rather than 750 pages. It seems that every fact Kluger ever uncovered went into this book. As a general matter, I also found the book much more interesting when it was . "A must read" according to S. Barton. It amazes me just how twisted our society is. How we can't seem to learn from previous mistakes and have to keep trying to infringe on the rights of others just because we don't agree on something. That is the basics of freedom, that you don't have to agree so long as you don't take away the rights of others.