Ashes to ashes : America's hundred-year cigarette war, the public health, and the unabashed triumph of Philip Morris Cover Image

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Ashes to ashes : America's hundred-year cigarette war, the public health, and the unabashed triumph of Philip Morris / Richard Kluger.

Kluger, Richard. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0394570766
Physical Description: xix, 807 p. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf : 1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [768]-772) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Adoring the devil's breath -- The earth with a fence around it -- It takes the hair right off your bean -- The golden age of malarkey -- "Shall we just have a cigarette on it?"" -- The filter tip and other placebos -- The anguish of the Russian Count -- Grand inquisitors -- Marlboro mirage -- Three-ton dog on the prowl -- Stroking the sow's ear -- Let their be light -- Breeding a one-fanged rattler -- The heights of arrogance -- The calling of Philip Morris -- Of dragonslayers and pond scum -- Chow lines -- Melancholy Rose -- Smooth characters -- Blowing smoke.