Cigarette Nation Business, Health, and Canadian Smokers, 1930-1975

Highlighting the prolific marketing and advertising practices that helped make smoking a staple of everyday life, Cigarette Nation explores socio-cultural aspects of cigarette use from the 1930s to the 1950s and recounts the views and actions of tobacco executives, government officials, and Canadian smokers as they responded to mounting evidence that cigarette use was harmful.

About the author

Daniel J. Robinson is a historian and associate professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.

Summary

Highlighting the prolific marketing and advertising practices that helped make smoking a staple of everyday life, Cigarette Nation explores socio-cultural aspects of cigarette use from the 1930s to the 1950s and recounts the views and actions of tobacco executives, government officials, and Canadian smokers as they responded to mounting evidence that cigarette use was harmful.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel J. Robinson, Daniel J Robinson
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.02.2021
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780228005322
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00532-2
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions (packing): 15 x 22.6 x 2.3 cm
• Weight (packing): 517 g
• Series: Intoxicating Histories
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues; HISTORY / Social History; History - General History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions