Smoke-filled rooms [[electronic resource] ] : a postmortem on the tobacco deal / / W. Kip Viscusi

• Autore: Viscusi W. Kip
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.29/65
• Soggetto topico: Tobacco industry - Government policy - United States; Cigarette industry - United States; Cigarette smoke - Health aspects - United States; Advertising - Cigarettes - Government policy - United States; Tobacco industry - Law and legislation - United States; Smoking - Law and legislation - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: tobacco, drugs, plants, smoking, smoker, postmortem, pipe, cigarette, litigation, law, legal issues, industry, civil, justice system, lawsuit, risks, finance, financial, money, income, wealth, united states, health, wellness, debate, danger, medical, mortality, revenue, fda, policy, congress, taxes, government, belief, addiction, nicotine
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-252) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- II. The Proposed Federal Settlement -- III. The Settlement of the State Lawsuits -- IV. The Financial Costs of Smoking to Society -- V. The Financial Costs to the States and the Federal Government -- VI. Environmental Tobacco Smoke -- VII. Risk Beliefs and Addiction -- VIII. Youth Smoking: Beyond Joe Camel -- IX. Promoting Safer Cigarettes -- X. Lessons from the Tobacco Deal -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled
• Titolo autorizzato: Smoke-filled rooms
• ISBN: 1-282-53792-X; 9786612537929; 0-226-85748-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780993303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.)