Title: Peddling poison : the tobacco industry and kids /
Authors: Snell, Clete.
Publisher: Praeger,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Tobacco Industry legislation & jurisprudence; Advertising; Adolescent; Tobacco Use Disorder prevention & control; Teenagers Tobacco use United States Prevention.; Tobacco use United States Prevention.; Advertising Tobacco United States.; Products liability Tobacco United States.; Tobacco industry Law and legislation United States; United States
Abstract: "As the result of the Master Settlement with the tobacco industry, many states have developed comprehensive programs that have resulted in a substantial decline in youth tobacco use. While national efforts at tobacco regulation have largely failed, local tobacco control efforts have mostly been successful. Snell shows that the future of youth tobacco policy depends on the continued funding of tobacco prevention programs at the state and local level and illustrates that there is considerable evidence that the tobacco industry is shifting its marketing approach to minority populations and developing nations."--Jacket.
Contents: Youth tobacco use: the health effects, trends in smoking rates, and reasons why kids use tobacco -- Marketing tobacco products to youth -- The FDA investigation of Big Tobacco -- Tobacco litigation and the master settlement -- Comprehensive tobacco control programs -- Youth tobacco prevention organizations -- The future of tobacco control.