Smoking
By: Mary E. Williams, book editor.
Contributors: Williams, Mary E., 1960-
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Tobacco use -- United States; Smoking -- United States; Tobacco industry -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Surgeons General and smoking: an overview / John Parascandola; title: Smoking is harmful / William F. Harrison; title: The harmful effects of smoking are overstated / Rosalind B. Marimont; title: Nicotine is an addictive substance / Alan I. Leshner; title: Smokers are not necessarily addicted to nicotine / Richard J. DeGrandpre; title: Secondhand smoke endangers human health / United States Environmental Protection Agency; title: The dangers of secondhand smoke are negligible / Sarah Mahler-Vossler; title: The tobacco industry markets its products to youths / David Tannenbaum; title: Tobacco advertising encourages people to smoke / William Everett Bailey; title: Tobacco advertising should not be banned / Jacob Sullum; title: The United States needs a comprehensive tobacco control policy / William Novelli and Matthew Myers; title: Compromise between the government and the tobacco industry would benefit public health / Steven F. Goldstone.