Dissecting Antismokers' Brains - Softcover

McFadden, Michael J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974497908 ISBN 13: 9780974497907

Publisher: Aethna Press Inc., 2004

Synopsis

"The true horror of 1984 is not what was done to Winston Smith. The true horror was that the vast majority of the populace was happy, content, and believed that what their government was doing was right.” That quote introduces what Britain's Numberwatch has called, "the most astonishing political saga since the rise of Adolph Hitler." Dissecting Antismokers’ Brains examines the psychology and motivations that drive antismoking advocates while also analyzing their general abuse of language and science. The combination offers readers a solid foundation for understanding modern efforts to ban, tax, and harass smokers into nonexistence. Published in 2004, Brains remains ahead of its time with a startling freshness in its ideas and theories. The propaganda methods exposed here in their early development have grown and are being used even more intensively in the ads, press releases, and guidebooks of antismoking advocacy groups today. The modern stonewalling techniques examined in the author’s follow-up volume, TobakkoNacht – The Antismoking Endgame are shown in their birthing forms in his early communications with advocates and the callous abuse of our love for children continues to be exploited as ads show evil wisps of smoke seeking out open windows to attack babies in their nurseries. McFadden's warnings of future campaigns to deny jobs and medical care to smokers, to extend smoking bans to apartments and outdoor spaces ,and to apply similar conditioning/nudging techniques to the control of alcohol and fast foods have proven far too true. For those seeking an in-depth but comfortably readable examination of the foundations of the antismoking movement, this book is essential. Its focus on the combination of psychology, propaganda analysis, and the misuse of science makes it a solid volume for college courses in the areas of social change, scientific ethics, political manipulation, and the use and limits of governmental control over citizen behavior. At the same time, its meticulous deconstruction of the basic scientific and statistical arguments fueling government-imposed smoking bans makes it accessible to anyone who's ever wondered how smoking has moved to being regularly presented as both an antisocial and even “immoral” character trait. Dissecting Antismokers' Brains remains an indispensable volume for anyone disturbed by, wishing to understand, or wanting to fight the growth of governmental control over personal life choices and behaviors.

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From the Back Cover

Why Would They Lie?

That is the question often asked when the science behind smoking bans is challenged. The answer is found in the "1975 Conference on Smoking or Health" where health activists were exhorted "to foster an atmosphere where it was perceived that active smokers would infure those around them."

The Antismoking battle plan was formed before most research on secondary smoke had even begun!

Dissecting Antismokers' Brains analyzes the psychology of Antismoking Crusaders and their abuse of language and science. Any smoker ever exiled into the cold or heat will appreciate this book's insights and data. Any nonsmokers fearing wisps of drifting smoke will be reassured by the hard facts.

In fighting the fear and healing the diision forcedon us by radical advocates for total bans, this bok does a service for America and every other nation caught up in the War On Smokers. It exposes the very dirty underbelly of the Antismoking Lobby while also condemning Big Tobacco's self-serving political deals.

This is a book, not just for smokers, but for anyone who lives, works, or plays with smokers in today's world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aethna Press Inc.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0974497908
• ISBN 13: 9780974497907
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 386