Unfiltered : : Conflicts over Tobacco Policy and Public Health / / Ronald Bayer, Eric Feldman.

Tobacco, among the most popular consumer products of the twentieth century, is under attack. Once a behavior that knew no social bounds, cigarette smoking has been transformed into an activity that reflects sharp differences in social status. Unfiltered tells the story of how anti-smoking advocates,...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (404 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Liberal States, Public Health, and the Tobacco Question
  • 1. Children and Bystanders First: The Ethics and Politics of Tobacco Control in the United States
  • 2. The Limits of Tolerance: Cigarettes, Politics, and Society in Japan
  • 3. Rights and Public Health in the Balance: Tobacco Control in Canada
  • 4. The Politics of Tobacco Control in Australia: International Template?
  • 5. Militants,Manufacturers, and Governments: Postwar Smoking Policy in the United Kingdom
  • 6. Liberté, Egalité, Fumée: Smoking and Tobacco Control in France
  • 7. Between Paternalism and Voluntarism: Tobacco Consumption and Tobacco Control in Germany
  • 8. Holy Smoke, No More? Tobacco Control in Denmark
  • 9. Tobacco-Control Policy in the European Union
  • 10. Difference and Diffusion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Rise of Anti-Tobacco Policies
  • 11. Tobacco Control in Comparative Perspective: Eight Nations in Search of an Explanation
  • Conclusion: Lessons from the Comparative Study of Tobacco Control
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index