Screen LibraryNicotine
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| Published: |
Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale,
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| Publisher Address: | Detroit |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The history of drugs |
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| Carrier Form: | 188 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0737728477 (alk. paper) 9780737728477 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R996 |
| CLC: |
R996.2-09 R996.2-05 D771.288-09 F471.268-09 R163-09 |
| Call Number: | R996.2-09/N662 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-182) and index. Nicotine and early native Americans / Jason Hughes -- King James's antismoking crusade / King James I -- Tobacco during America's colonial period / Gary M. Pecquet -- A victorian view of smoking / An English doctor -- A good cigar / Mark Twain -- The dangers of smoking / Herbert H. Tidswell -- Marketing cigarettes to women in pre-World War II society / Larry Tye -- The antismoking campaign of the nazis / Robert N. Proctor -- The cigarette as a pleasant pastime / Ernest Dichter -- The rise of filtered cigarettes / Susan Wagner -- The U.S. surgeon general's first report on smoking / Michael Ho The reign of "Lady Nicotine" has been long indeed. This book provides an overview of the most important events in the history of this fascinating substance, which has made nations and killed millions. From the first drag on the filtered cigarette to the landmark tobacco settlement, nicotine has influenced the world perhaps more than any other drug.--Publisher description. |