{"product_id":"9780674260313-the-cigarette","title":"The Cigarette","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Political History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Finalist\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Willie Lee Rose Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the PROSE Award in United States History\u003cbr\u003eHagley Prize in Business History Finalist\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e Best History Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vaping gets all the attention now, but Milov’s thorough study reminds us that smoking has always intersected with the government, for better or worse.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Jamestown to the Marlboro Man, tobacco has powered America’s economy and shaped some of its most enduring myths. The story of tobacco’s rise and fall may seem simple enough—a tale of science triumphing over corporate greed—but the truth is more complicated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Great Depression, government officials and tobacco farmers worked hand in hand to ensure that regulation was used to promote tobacco rather than protect consumers. As evidence of the connection between cigarettes and cancer grew, scientists struggled to secure federal regulation in the name of public health. What turned the tide, Sarah Milov reveals, was a new kind of politics: a movement for nonsmokers’ rights. Activists took to the courts, the streets, city councils, and boardrooms to argue for smoke-free workplaces and allied with scientists to lobby elected officials. \u003ci\u003eThe Cigarette\u003c\/i\u003e puts politics back at the heart of tobacco’s rise and fall, dramatizing the battles over corporate influence, individual choice, government regulation, and science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A nuanced and ultimately devastating indictment of government complicity with the worst excesses of American capitalism.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An impressive work of scholarship evincing years of spadework…A well-told story.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you want to know what the smoke-filled rooms of midcentury America were really like, this is the book to read.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449769308534,"sku":"9780674260313","price":20.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26740500.jpg?v=1760446674","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674260313-the-cigarette","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}