Cigarettes - Anatomy of an Industry From Seed to Smoke

Informationen zum Autor Tara Parker-Pope has been a reporter for the Wall Street Journal since 1993. Previously, she worked as a government reporter for the Houston Chronicle and as a local reporter for the Austin American-Statesman . Klappentext Cigarettes are the most conspicuous consumer product on the planet and arguably the biggest business success story of the 20th century. Here, in one accessible book, is the seed-to-smoke story of this 48 billion dollar industry. Parker-Pope shoes how tobacco leaves are picked, processed and packaged; explains why tobacco is the Holy Grail of cash crops; examines Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, BAT and the other tobacco giants; reveals the vital roles that governments, the military and the entertainment industry have played in cigarettes' success; and puts the continuing arguments over public health in historic context.

Product details

• Authors: Tara Parker-Pope, Parker-Pope Tara
• Publisher: New press usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2002
• EAN: 9781565847439
• ISBN: 978-1-56584-743-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Bazaar Book; Bazaar Book
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, Tobacco industry, Manufacturing industries