Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Smoking - The Transformation of American Attitudes and Cigarette Use, 18902016

This book tracks Americans' changing attitudes about smoking over the last century. It carefully examines how Americans came to understand the health risks of smoking, how the tobacco industry sought to reframe smoking, and how public support for tobacco control affected lawsuits, elections, and public policies.

List of contents

Chapter One: Of Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Smoking
Chapter Two: In the Beginning
Chapter Three: Public Opinion and the Health Risks of Smoking
Chapter Four: Polls and the Battle over Smoking
Chapter Five: Public Opinion, Federal Policies, and Smoking
Chapter Six: Public Opinion, Juries, and Courts
Chapter Seven: Public Opinion, Public Policy, and the End of Smoking
Chapter Eight: Bringing Public Opinion Back Into Tobacco Control Policy

About the author

Thomas R. Marshall is professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington where he teaches classes in public opinion, campaigns and elections, and American government.

Summary

This book tracks Americans’ changing attitudes about smoking over the last century. It carefully examines how Americans came to understand the health risks of smoking, how the tobacco industry sought to reframe smoking, and how public support for tobacco control affected lawsuits, elections, and public policies.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Marshall, Thomas R. Marshall, Marshall Thomas R.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781498504348
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0434-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / Criminal Law / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, LAW / Housing & Urban Development, LAW / Land Use, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Housing law, Offences against the government