Smoking
By: Laura Egendorf, book editor.
Contributors: Egendorf, Laura K., 1973-
Series: Issues that concern you
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780737724202
Subjects: Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Teenagers -- Tobacco use -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Advertising -- Tobacco -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Smoking causes serious health problems / American Cancer Society; value: Secondhand smoke is dangerous / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; value: The dangers of secondhand smoke have been exaggerated / Michael Siegel; value: Smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative / James B. Gelfand; value: Smokeless tobacco is unsafe / Matthew L. Myers; value: Several factors cause adolescent smoking / Clete Snell; value: Movies encourage teenagers to smoke / Smoke Free Movies; value: Movies do not encourage teenagers to smoke / Jacob Sullum; value: Advertising encourages teenagers to smoke / John Diconsiglio; value: Anti-smoking advertising can reduce teenage smoking / Karen H. Smith and Mary Ann Stutts; value: Cigarette taxes reduce smoking rates / Eric Lindblom; value: Smokefree policies are effective / American Lung Association; value: Anti-smoking policies are unfair and ineffective / Maureen Martin and Joseph L. Bast; value: Restrictions on cigarette advertising and warning labels can help reduce smoking; value: Rates / David T. Levy, Frank Chaloupka, and Joseph Gitchell; value: Congress should not regulate cigarette advertising and products / Robert A. Levy.