Surf these sites: A Capsule History of Tobacco -- Tobacco Timeline; extensive yet concise timeline of key dates in tobacco history. Cigarette Wars: Smoke, Lies, and Compromise -- Series of articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer on the federal tobacco ''settlement''; now mostly history. History Net- The History of Tobacco -- Reprinting of the Tobacco Timeline. The Price of Coffins: Specious Arguments by Eeminent Doctors against the Dangers of Tobacco -- 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." The Tobacco Wars -- Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco turn into the selling and promotion of tobacco? This site has answers. The truth is, anti-smoking ads work -- Article from the Palm Beach Post covers the use of paid media by the industry and by anti-smoking campaigns. Tobacco History -- Collection of links to histories.
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