Smoke-filled rooms : a postmortem on the tobacco deal /
The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled 243 billion, making it the largest payoff ever in our civil justice system. Two key questions drove the lawsuits and the attendant settlement: Do smokers understand the risks of smoking? And does smo...
| Основен автор: | Viscusi, W. Kip. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2002.
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| Серия: |
Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=315511 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Smoke-filled rooms. |
| Резюме: |
The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled 243 billion, making it the largest payoff ever in our civil justice system. Two key questions drove the lawsuits and the attendant settlement: Do smokers understand the risks of smoking? And does smoking impose net financial costs on the states?With Smoke-Filled Rooms, W. Kip Viscusi provides unexpected answers to these questions, drawing on an impressive range of data on several topics central to the smoking policy debate. Based on surveys of smokers in the United States and Spain, for instance. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226857480 0226857484 |