Tobacco: A Reference Handbook

(Hardback)

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Tobacco addresses the many interrelated controversies surrounding the historical and current use of tobacco and presents a clear, objective, and thorough treatment of this contentious public health and legal issue. * A chronology of developments in the history of tobacco use from 1570, when Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and England were already growing tobacco, to the March 27, 2000 legal decision awarding $10 million to a woman who had smoked for 25 years despite warning labels on cigarette packaging * A selection of primary source documents from the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Bank, tobacco companies, and antitobacco activists

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"This handy reference work will be most useful in school and undergraduate libraries where students will be seeking information on tobacco and smoking." - American Reference Books Annual

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Harold V. Cordry is a professional journalist and editor.