04456nam 2201009Ia 450 991079015720332120200520144314.01-280-49211-297866135873430-520-95043-710.1525/9780520950436(CKB)2670000000168026(EBL)868340(OCoLC)784884555(SSID)ssj0000635972(PQKBManifestationID)11403909(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635972(PQKBWorkID)10659488(PQKB)10386319(DE-B1597)520544(DE-B1597)9780520950436(Au-PeEL)EBL868340(CaPaEBR)ebr10553343(CaONFJC)MIL358734(MiAaPQ)EBC868340(dli)HEB33900(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001086(EXLCZ)99267000000016802620110126d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGolden holocaust[electronic resource] origins of the cigarette catastrophe and the case for abolition /Robert N. ProctorBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (775 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27016-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue -- Introduction: Who Knew What and When? -- Part One. The Triumph of the Cigarette -- Part Two. Discovering the Cancer Hazard -- Part Three. Conspiracy on a Grand Scale -- Part Four. Radiant Filth and Redemption -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Lexicon of Tobacco Industry Jargon -- Timeline of Global Tobacco Mergers and Acquisitions (selected) -- Timeline of Tobacco Industry Diversification into Candy, Food, Alcohol, and other Products (selected) -- Acknowledgments -- IndexThe cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing picture of tobacco manufacturers conspiring to block the recognition of tobacco-cancer hazards, even as they ensnare legions of scientists and politicians in a web of denial. Proctor tells heretofore untold stories of fraud and subterfuge, and he makes the strongest case to date for a simple yet ambitious remedy: a ban on the manufacture and sale of cigarettes.ACLS Fellows' Publications.Origins of the cigarette catastrophe and the case for abolitionTobacco industryUnited StatesHistoryTobacco useHealth aspectsSmokingPsychological aspectsamerica and tobacco.cigarette addiction.cigarettes and death.dangers of smoking.drug addiction.drug research literature.drugs and health.history of cigarettes.history of tobacco.how to quit smoking.medical ethics.medical history.medical lit.medicine.public health history.public health.smoking and cancer.smoking kills.smoking recovery.tobacco addiction.tobacco and cancer.tobacco and death.tobacco business.tobacco industry lies.tobacco industry.tobacco manufacturers.tobacco scandal.Tobacco industryHistory.Tobacco useHealth aspects.SmokingPsychological aspects.362.29/60973QR 528rvkProctor Robert1954-1550434MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790157203321Golden holocaust3809260UNINA