Smoking Policy: Law, Politics, and Culture - Law, Politics, and Culture

Zusatztext `Addresses a range of tobacco control issues in considerable depth ... a thorough discussion ... for managers considering their stance on smoking questions! it should prove valuable.'International Corporate Law Klappentext This work examines the interplay between public attitudes and governmental action as norms have changed on where and whether one should smoke. With evidence accumulating on the serious health risks of smoking to both smokers and nonsmokers! an interdisciplinary team of experts in law! public health! communications! political science! and sociology addresses a wide range of tobacco control issues-the politics of regulatory enactment and enforcement! tobacco advertising! cigarette litigation! and strategies of insurers and employers. Zusammenfassung This work examines the interplay between public attitudes and governmental action as norms have changed on where and whether one should smoke. With evidence accumulating on the serious health risks of smoking to both smokers and nonsmokers, an interdisciplinary team of experts in law, public health, communications, political science, and sociology addresses a wide range of tobacco control issues--the politics of regulatory enactment and enforcement, tobacco advertising, cigarette litigation, and strategies of insurers and employers.

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• Authors: Robert L. (A. Calder Mackay Professor of La Rabin, Robert L. Sugarman Rabin
• Assisted by: Robert L. Rabin (Editor), Robert L. (A. Calder Mackay Professor of Law Rabin (Editor), Stephen D. Sugarman (Editor), Stephen D. (Professor of Law Sugarman (Editor), Sugarman Stephen D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.08.1993
• EAN: 9780195072310
• ISBN: 978-0-19-507231-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Litigation, International Law, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Constitutional & administrative law, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution, Administrative jurisdiction and public administration