Tobacco USA
Subtitle: the industry behind the smoke curtain
By: Eileen Heyes
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780585224152
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Tobacco industry; Juvenile literature; History; Tobacco use; Social change; Antismoking movement; JUVENILE NONFICTION; Business & Economics; Health aspects
Description: Describes how the health dangers of tobacco became known, despite the political clout and promotional rhetoric that once kept the tobacco industry thriving.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-152) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1; title: The Traitor -- 9 -- Chapter 2; title: Rising Smoke -- 14 -- Chapter 3; title: "Blow Some My Way" -- 30 -- Chapter 4; title: "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous ..." -- 46 -- Chapter 5; title: The Thirteen-Month Crop -- 61 -- Chapter 6; title: Leaves of Gold -- 75 -- Chapter 7; title: Replacements -- 84 -- Chapter 8; title: Thinking Globally -- 98 -- Chapter 9; title: Under Fire -- 110 -- Chapter 10; title: Showdown-- 124.