LEADER 02528nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910779717303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-7692-7 010 $a0-7391-7693-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001103087 035 $a(EBL)1318920 035 $a(OCoLC)853780528 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000954008 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12420877 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000954008 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10938110 035 $a(PQKB)11160114 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1318920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1318920 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10735380 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL505593 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001103087 100 $a20130424d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHeartland tobacco war$b[electronic resource] /$fMichael S. Givel and Andrew L. Spivak 210 $aLanham $cLexington Books$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (135 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-8486-5 311 $a1-299-74342-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $asHeartland 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.