Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tobacco use is a serious problem / US Department of Health and Human Services -- Tobacco sales are declining / Federal Trade Commission -- Teen smoking is a serious problem / American Cancer Society -- Teen smoking is declining / L. D. Johnston ... [and others] -- Secondhand smoke is dangerous / Frances Robert Lato -- The dangers of secondhand smoke are exaggerated / Edmund Contoski -- Increasing tobacco taxes would reduce tobacco use / Campaign for tobacco-free kids -- Increasing tobacco taxes would have unintended consequences / Diana Oprinescu -- Protect people from tobacco smoke / World Health Organization -- Smoking bans are misleading / Ronald Bayer, as told to Sarah Clune -- Raise the smoking age to 21 / John Kruzel -- Raising the smoking age to 21 is pointless / Eric Levenson -- Time for e-cigarette regulation / Lancet Oncology -- Smoking kills, and so might e-cigarette regulation / Gilbert Ross -- It is too early to federally regulate e-cigarettes / Thomas A. Hemphill -- It is too early to determine e-cigarettes as a safe alternative to smoking / Christopher Wanjek -- Smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to smoking / Carl V. Phillips -- Smokeless tobacco should be included in smoking bans / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Tobacco marketing influences youth smoking / Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy -- Tobacco marketing does not influence youth smoking / Patrick Basham -- Smoking in movies influences youth smoking / Smoke Free Movies -- Smoking in movies should not be censored / Ruby Hamad -- Tobacco companies do not promote smoking in movies / Philip Morris USA -- Plain packets will remove the appeal of smoking for young women / University of Western Sydney -- Plain tobacco packaging would have unintended consequences / Michel Kelly-Gagnon and Youri Chassin.