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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456756103321

Autore

Snell Clete

Titolo

Peddling poison [[electronic resource] ] : the tobacco industry and kids / / Clete Snell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2005

ISBN

1-282-40452-0

9786612404528

0-313-01413-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice, delinquency, and corrections, , 1535-0371

Disciplina

362.29/6/08350973

Soggetti

Teenagers - Tobacco use - United States - Prevention

Tobacco use - United States - Prevention

Advertising - Tobacco - United States

Products liability - Tobacco - United States

Tobacco industry - Law and legislation - United States

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 (p. [153]-163) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Youth tobacco use: the health effects, trends in smoking rates, and reasons why kids use tobacco -- Marketing tobacco products to youth -- The FDA investigation of Big Tobacco -- Tobacco litigation and the master settlement -- Comprehensive tobacco control programs -- Youth tobacco prevention organizations -- The future of tobacco control.

Sommario/riassunto

Documents the tremendous changes in the last decade in the political and legal landscape of tobacco control and how it impacts youth.