| Description |
1 online resource (134 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map |
| Series |
Issues that concern you |
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Gale eBooks
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Issues that concern you.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Secondhand smoke is dangerous / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- The dangers of secondhand smoke have been exaggerated / Michael Siegel -- Promoting smokeless tobacco as safer than cigarettes will reduce tobacco risk / James B. Gelfand -- Smokeless tobacco is not safe and poses serious risks / Matthew L. Myers -- Several factors contribute to adolescent smoking / Clete Snell -- Movies encourage teenagers to smoke / Smoke Free Movies -- Movies do not encourage teenagers to smoke / Jacob Sullum -- Advertising encourages teenagers to smoke / John Diconsiglio -- Anti-smoking advertising can reduce teenage smoking / Karen H. Smith and Mary Ann Stutts -- Cigarette taxes reduce smoking rates / Eric Lindblom -- Smokefree policies are effective / American Lung Association -- Anti-smoking policies are unfair and ineffective / Maureen Martin and Joseph L. Bast -- Warning labels and restrictions on cigarette advertising and can help reduce smoking rates / David T. Levy, Frank Chaloupka, and Joseph Gitchell -- Congress should not regulate cigarette advertising and products / Robert A. Levy --Government regulation of tobacco products and 100 marketing is essential for reducing tobacco use and harms / Matthew L. Myers. |
| Summary |
Explores the issues surrounding smoking. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. |
| Subject |
Smoking -- Health aspects -- United States.
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Teenagers -- Tobacco use -- United States.
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Advertising -- Tobacco -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Egendorf, Laura K., 1973- editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smoking. Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, c2008 9780737724202 |
| ISBN |
9780737748260 (electronic book) |
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9780737724202 |
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