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George Seldes on Tobacco - http://www.brasscheck.com/seldes/tobac.html
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 Seldes (1890-1995) was an exception; a set of his tobacco stories from 1940 to 1950 is reprinted here. |
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The Cigarette Papers - http://tobaccowall.ucsf.edu/
Showcases the contrast between the tobacco industry's private knowledge and its public statements over the past 50 years. |
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The Price of Coffins: Specious Arguments by Eeminent Doctors against the Dangers of Tobacco - http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1621
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 this information was initially resistant; specious arguments were used to detract from the real issue, which confused the general public and lessened its concern; after 40 years there has been little change in smoking rates." |
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The Anti-Tobacco Campaign of the Nazis - http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/313/7070/1450
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. |
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History Net- The History of Tobacco - http://historian.org/bysubject/tobacco1.htm
Reprinting of the Tobacco Timeline. |