Golden Holocaust : Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition.
The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to...
| Основен автор: | Proctor, Robert N. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Подобни документи: |
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Golden Holocaust : Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. |
| Резюме: |
The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing picture of tobacco manufacturers conspiring to block the recognition of tobacco-cancer hazards, even as they ensnare legions of scientists and politicians in a. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (1543 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9780520950436 0520950437 |