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The Tobacco Wars Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco turn into the selling and promotion of tobacco? This site has answers. Cigarettes and the 1964 Report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee From the 1972 Consumers Union report on licit and illicit drugs. The Cigarette Papers Showcases the contrast between the tobacco industry's private knowledge and its public statements over the past 50 years. Tobacco's Big Lie Former President and Nobel Prize winner Jimmy Carter surveys tobacco history, and concludes that the tobacco industry cannot be trusted. A Chronology of Tobacco in the Civilized World Outline of tobacco and tobacco industry history shows trends. 1964 tobacco industry memo The 1964 confidential memo on the U.S. tobacco industry, written by a team from the UK tobacco industry. The Tobacco Epidemic: Historical Lessons Essay surveys the history and effects of tobacco use. George Seldes on Tobacco The scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco go back to 1938, but few papers were running stories about it: their leading advertisers were the tobacco companies. George Seldes (1890-1995) was an exception; a set of his tobacco stories from 1940 History of Tobacco Regulation From the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy; covers the 1600s through the mid 1970s. Interview with Richard Peto Richard Peto was one of the first to realize that tobacco products were killing their customers; interview covers the discovery, public health and public policy, and the sheer size of tobacco death. More History Sites |
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