{"product_id":"tobacco-arlene-hirschfelder-9780313358081","title":"Tobacco","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to historic and contemporary efforts to regulate tobacco and reduce the staggering number of people who die from using tobacco products.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith calls for greater government regulation of tobacco culminating in the historic June 2009 passage of federal antismoking legislation, \u003ci\u003eTobacco\u003c\/i\u003e could not be more timely. It is the most authoritative and accessible volume available on the evolution of tobacco consumption as well as efforts to protect consumers from its dangers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTobacco\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on five key issues: tobacco excise taxation and health policy; the often misleading advertising of cigarettes and \"low tar\/nicotine\" alternatives; the role of the Food and Drug Administration in regulating tobacco; education and prevention efforts aimed at children and teens; and environmental tobacco health risks, including second hand smoke. It is an eye-opening introduction to the entire history of efforts to regulate tobacco--from its beginnings in the Progressive Era of the early 20th century to recent efforts to uncover suppressed medical reports, ban smoking ads, and get smoking out of the movies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arlene Hirschfelder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313358087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313358081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.40w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010 pg. 9","brand":"Arlene Hirschfelder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152962138367,"sku":"9780313358081","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df0e6b58-03d9-4685-9990-baf0f4520d10.jpg?v=1770780371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tobacco-arlene-hirschfelder-9780313358081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}