Cigarettes: Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke - Hardcover

Parker-Pope, Tara

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9781565845039: Cigarettes: Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156584503X ISBN 13: 9781565845039

Publisher: The New Press, 2000

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The author focuses attention on the $48 billion tobacco industry, tracing its remarkable success as a cash crop and modern superbusiness, even in the face of public health concerns about their products.

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Review:

"An absorbing and informative history . . . Parker-Pope's up-to-date coverage . . . is not only concise and accessible, but illuminating." —Publishers Weekly

"Full of fascinating tidbits . . . a journalistic portrait, alternately affectionate and damning, of the world's favorite weed." —Kirkus Reviews

"A probing study." —Booklist

Synopsis:

Cigarettes are the most conspicuous consumer product on the planet and arguably the biggest business success story of the 20th century. Here, in one accessible book, is the seed-to-smoke story of this 48 billion dollar industry. Parker-Pope shoes how tobacco leaves are picked, processed and packaged; explains why tobacco is the Holy Grail of cash crops; examines Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, BAT and the other tobacco giants; reveals the vital roles that governments, the military and the entertainment industry have played in cigarettes' success; and puts the continuing arguments over public health in historic context.

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