Golden Holocaust : Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition Hardback
by Robert N. Proctor
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The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization.
It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists.
In "Golden Holocaust", Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year.
He paints a harrowing picture of tobacco manufacturers conspiring to block the recognition of tobacco-cancer hazards, even as they ensnare legions of scientists and politicians in a web of denial.
Proctor tells heretofore untold stories of fraud and subterfuge, and he makes the strongest case to date for a simple yet ambitious remedy: a ban on the manufacture and sale of cigarettes.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:774 pages, 40 b-w photographs
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:28/02/2012
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- ISBN:9780520270169
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:774 pages, 40 b-w photographs
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:28/02/2012
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- ISBN:9780520270169