History
A Capsule History of Tobacco
Tobacco Timeline; extensive yet concise timeline of key dates in tobacco history.
A Chronology of Tobacco in the Civilized World
Outline of tobacco and tobacco industry history shows trends.
Brief Use of Tobacco Use and Abuse
An account of the development of the use of the drug in the western world.
Cigarettes and the 1964 Report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee
From the 1972 Consumers Union report on licit and illicit drugs.
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 …
History of Tobacco Regulation
From the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy; covers the 1600s through the mid 1970s.
History Today: Smoking Gun
Matthew Hilton examines the mystique surrounding tobacco, the history of tobacco industry, government and consumer actions on smoking in the UK.
Interview with Richard Peto
Richard Peto was one of the first to realize that tobacco products were killing their customers; interview covers the discovery, public health and public policy, and the sheer size…
RCP Report - 40 Fatal Years
A Review of the 40 years since the publication of the 1962 Report of the Royal College of Physicians on Smoking and Health (UK). The original publication is presented along with s…
Scientist's Story Hurt Tobacco Industry
Dr. Victor DeNoble, a former senior scientist at Philip Morris, tells his story.
smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses
Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents how the tobacco industry responded in the 1950s and 1960s to the emerging medical evidence about the product.
The Anti-Tobacco Campaign of the Nazis
Report about anti-tobacco public health program in Germany from 1933-45, supported by Nazi medical and military leaders as part of their concern for racial and bodily purity.
The Cigarette Papers
Showcases the contrast between the tobacco industry's private knowledge and its public statements over the past 50 years.
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 …
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.
The Tobacco Epidemic: Historical Lessons
Essay surveys the history and effects of tobacco use.
The Tobacco Wars
Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco t…
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