false 71533621 190365 731089 0465070485 9780465070480 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/731089.The_Cigarette_Century_The_Rise_Fall_and_Persistence_of_the_Product_that_Defined_America 3.50 2 The Cigarette Century is the definitive account of how smoking came to be so deeply implicated in our culture, science, policy, and law. No product has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched in American consciousness. The Cigarette Century shows in striking detail how one ephemeral (and largely useless) product came to play such a dominant role in so many aspects of our lives—and deaths.</DIV>]]> 388229 3.67 3 2 1998 The studies get better as methods improve, and evidence against tobacco mounts up. 0 2009-10-07T18:34:41-07:00 1416182 146 2009-10-07T18:34:41-07:00 Marlboro actually started as a "woman's brand," oh, and free cigarettes for doctors. 0 2009-09-28T12:37:11-07:00 1373183 95 2009-09-28T12:37:11-07:00 Edward Bernays and the forming of the Tobacco Information Service Bureau. I think we still have "agencies" like that. 0 2009-09-21T14:22:33-07:00 1341441 82 2009-09-21T14:22:33-07:00 Ads for Lucky Strikes, touting they were "toasted," just like bread (yep, read that right). 0 2009-09-21T13:00:55-07:00 1341066 70 2009-09-21T13:00:55-07:00 0 2009-09-21T09:45:50-07:00 1340146 69 2009-09-21T09:45:50-07:00 finished first chapter. Interesting look at early industry, monopolies and trusts, and birth of advertising. 0 2009-09-18T08:42:34-07:00 1327133 45 2009-09-18T08:42:34-07:00 2 0 false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 06:50:56 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:05:12 -0700 2009 1 more...]]>