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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452218103321

Autore

Givel Michael <1954->

Titolo

Heartland tobacco war [[electronic resource] /] / Michael S. Givel and Andrew L. Spivak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2013

ISBN

0-7391-7692-7

0-7391-7693-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SpivakAndrew Lawrence <1972->

Disciplina

362.29/609766

Soggetti

Tobacco industry - Law and legislation - Oklahoma

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a tobacco war in America's heartland -- Historical background of tobacco control in Oklahoma -- The influence of the tobacco industry lobby -- Leslie Beitch and the 2001-2003 Clean Indoor Air Campaign -- The 2004 battle for cigarette taxes -- Aftermath : clean indoor air post-2003 -- Lessons learned : public ethics and the public good.

Sommario/riassunto

sHeartland Tobacco War chronicles the political and public relations battles between health advocates and forces supported by the tobacco industry in Oklahoma from the 1980s to the present, drawing on previously-suppressed tobacco insider documents and first-hand interviews with key players. The authors especially highlight the role of Oklahoma's "renegade" Department of Health Commissioner, Dr. Leslie Bietsch, in the theoretical contexts of insider and outsider policy advocacy, administrative ethics, and direct democracy.</spa