Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Ashes to Ashes: The History of Smoking and Health

0/5 ( ratings)

Future historians will wonder why, despite the risks, society persisted in its warm relationship with the cigarette; by the end of the century global consumption was still rising. The 1995 symposium at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine not only examined tobacco's connection with health, but the varied attitudes towards smoking, which have included regarding it as manly', relaxing, fashionable - and decadent. A particular feature was a witness seminar attended not only by those who had made the initial discovery but by those with a crucial role in promoting public awareness of the dangers. And, as shown in this book, we still cannot escape the paradox that, while a considerable proportion of a country's population is hooked on the cigarette, the tobacco industry and the government are equally addicted to the profits and tax revenues it generates."

Pages: 244

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Brill/Rodopi

Release: January 01, 1998

ISBN: 9042003863

ISBN 13: 9789042003866

Ashes to Ashes: The History of Smoking and Health

0/5 ( ratings)

Future historians will wonder why, despite the risks, society persisted in its warm relationship with the cigarette; by the end of the century global consumption was still rising. The 1995 symposium at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine not only examined tobacco's connection with health, but the varied attitudes towards smoking, which have included regarding it as manly', relaxing, fashionable - and decadent. A particular feature was a witness seminar attended not only by those who had made the initial discovery but by those with a crucial role in promoting public awareness of the dangers. And, as shown in this book, we still cannot escape the paradox that, while a considerable proportion of a country's population is hooked on the cigarette, the tobacco industry and the government are equally addicted to the profits and tax revenues it generates."

Pages: 244

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Brill/Rodopi

Release: January 01, 1998

ISBN: 9042003863

ISBN 13: 9789042003866

More books from Stephen Lock

Doctor Who: Short Trips and Side Steps

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine

3.3/5 ( ratings)

A Difficult Balance: Editorial Peer Review In Medicine

Research: How to Plan, Speak and Write About It

The Oxford Medical Companion

Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge: Historical Essays (Routledge Library Editions: History of Medicine Book 1)

Rate this book!

Write a review?