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A Capsule History of Tobacco
Tobacco Timeline; extensive yet concise timeline of key dates in tobacco history.
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History.html
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A Chronology of Tobacco in the Civilized World
Outline of tobacco and tobacco industry history shows trends.
http://www.mindfully.org/Industry/Tobacco-ChronologyJul98.htm
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Breed's Collection of Tobacco History Sites
An annotated bibliography of websites with information on the history of tobacco.
http://smokingsides.com/docs/hist.html
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Cigarettes and the 1964 Report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee
From the 1972 Consumers Union report on licit and illicit drugs.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/cu/CU26.html
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Dry Drunk
Exploration of the culture of tobacco in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. From the New York Public Library, and based on an exhibit held there in 1997.
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/drydrunk/intro.htm
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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 to 1950 is reprinted here.
http://www.brasscheck.com/seldes/tobac.html
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History Net- The History of Tobacco
Reprinting of the Tobacco Timeline.
http://historian.org/bysubject/tobacco1.htm
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History of Tobacco Regulation
From the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy; covers the 1600s through the mid 1970s.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2b.htm
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John Rolfe
Information on the life of Virginia tobacco founder John Rolfe.
http://www.apva.org/history/jrolfe.html
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Scientist's Story Hurt Tobacco Industry
Dr. Victor DeNoble, a former senior scientist at Philip Morris, tells his story.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1999/Nov-16-Tue-1999/news/12361546.html
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The Cigarette Papers
Showcases the contrast between the tobacco industry's private knowledge and its public statements over the past 50 years.
http://tobaccowall.ucsf.edu/
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The Price of Coffins: Specious Arguments by Eeminent Doctors against the Dangers of Tobacco
Letter to the British medical Journal reviews some tobacco, medical, and public policy history: "good evidence showed that smoking causes lung cancer; the media's response to this information was initially resistant; specious arguments were used to detract from the real issue, which confused the general public and lessened its concern; after 40 years there has been little change in smoking rates."
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1621
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The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby
Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/smoking/drewf.htm
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The truth is, anti-smoking ads work
Article from the Palm Beach Post covers the use of paid media by the industry and by anti-smoking campaigns.
http://no-smoking.org/march99/03-30-99-1.html
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Tobacco Ads of the 1940s and 1950s
A growing collection of pre-1960's print tobacco marketing.
http://www.chickenhead.com/truth/index.html
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Tobacco History
Collection of links to histories.
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/
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Tobacco Lawyers and the Case For Cover-up Reform
Column on legal affairs reviews history of tobacco industry and its lawyers.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/taylor2001-02-13.htm
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Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles
Book on the California tobacco history from the 1970s on. book information, reviews, ordering information.
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8861.html
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Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles
Complete, online book by Glantz and Birnbach provides over 30 years of experience gained in tobacco control in California.
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft167nb0vq/
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