Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Big Tobacco, war and politics

Tobacco: the weed that’s hard to kill
American advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes showing 2 US marine raiders, from American magazine McCall's, 1943
A new book by historian Sarah Milov manages to bring fresh insight into the well-trodden tale of the tobacco industry’s campaign to delay regulation while millions died because of its products, writes reviewer Felicity Lawrence. Milov adds a nuanced account of how the United States government turned tobacco merchant to boost the industry.
Nature | 6 min read

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