TY - GEN T1 - Golden Holocaust : Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. A1 - Proctor, Robert, 1954- LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn784884555 AB - The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. In Golden Holocaust, Robert N. Proctor draws on reams of formerly-secret industry documents to explore how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. He paints a harrowing picture of tobacco manufacturers conspiring to block the recognition of tobacco-cancer hazards, even as they ensnare legions of scientists and politicians in a. OP - 1543 CN - HD9135 SN - 9780520950436 SN - 0520950437 SN - 9780520270169 SN - 0520270169 KW - Tobacco industry : United States : History. KW - Tobacco use : Health aspects. KW - Smoking : Psychological aspects. KW - Persuasion (Psychology) KW - Government Regulation : United States : History. KW - Tobacco Industry : United States : History. KW - History, 20th Century : United States. KW - Persuasive Communication : United States. KW - Smoking : adverse effects : United States. KW - Smoking : psychology : United States. KW - Tobacco Industry : economics : United States. KW - Tobacco Industry : economics KW - History, 20th Century KW - Persuasive Communication KW - Smoking : adverse effects KW - Smoking : psychology KW - Tobacco Industry : history KW - Government Regulation : history KW - United States KW - Tabac : Industrie : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Tabagisme : Aspect psychologique. KW - Médecine : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Communication persuasive. KW - PSYCHOLOGY : Psychopathology : Addiction. KW - SELF-HELP : Substance Abuse & Addictions : General. KW - MEDICAL : History. KW - Smoking : Psychological aspects KW - Tobacco industry KW - Tobacco use : Health aspects KW - History ER -