Tobacco Books

This book was a very effective tool that helped me, 19 years ago, quit a 17 year smoking habit. I was truly addicted to nicotine. It's a small book, so is easy to carry with you, should you need a boost to keep your resolve.

I love this book for the simple reason that it encourages me to stay away from nicotine (I quit 3 weeks ago). I was looking for a book for ex-smokers and this is the best I found so far! It tells all about the dangers and politics of big tobacco. Useful for anyone who wants a well-researched and detailed account of why you should not start smoking (great for teens), why you should stop, and how non-smokers should protect themselves from second-hand smoke. Highly recommended!

This book is great to give to your local elementary school. Lots of facts about tobacco addiction mixed with incredible smokefree ads created by youth.

This book is an incredible journey in picture and word thru Indonesian history, a wonderful "coffeetable" book, but also a fascinating perspective on third world, subsistance economy, growth and the lack thereof. The nostalgia of the early travels and trade route thru the Spice Islands wafts from every page and picture like sweet incense. There is nothing more satisfying, however politically incorrect, than a tasty Kretek coupled with sweet, black tea and heavy cream! The faces of these beautiful people, aged, yet energetic, with a determinism unseen outside of Kansas, their portraits alone are worth the price!

La Diva Nicotina is a comprehensive narrative of tobacco usage by mankind as recorded in both written and oral history. The book covers the origins of tobacco use in the New World, its spread to the Old World via European explorers, and the transformation of tobacco business from family-owned plots to multinational corporations. Along the way, the book highlights the various ways governments have alternated between trying to stem the flow of its use, and trying to maximize its use as a way to improve tax reveneus.

The book covers the science behind tobacco. It shows the different processes used to convert the tobacco plant to consumer products. It also explains the effects nicotine has on human bodies, and how this is affected by the many additives often incorporated into cigarettes. The book describes the agriculture of tobacco, and clearly shows how this lent itself to slave labor in contrast with many other crops.

The book includes numerous anecdotes of individuals involved in the history of tobacco, such as the Turkish ruler who would prowl his city streets in disguise asking pedestrians for an illegal smoke, and then beheade those kind enough and unfortunate enough to offer him the banned substance. All in all, a great history book.

This historical account of research on a viral model system is educational and fun to read. It illuminates scientific research and lives of researchers, which should be of interest to scientists and laymen alike. Alot of emphasis is placed on personal scientific communication and the role government played in shaping post-WWII science.
The review is comprehensively researched and well written. The account highlights the role played by model systems in biological research as well as the impact it had on unexpected areas of bacteriology, genetic basis of heredity, etc.
Great fun to read.

In this day and age smoking is anathema. People of all stripes, colours and class are lobbed into one gooey heck of a low opinion if they smoke. Who knew such a book existed! Could exist! It does. It reads quite well and is packed full of little known (or shared) facts and advice.
An excellent read and resource.

This beautifully-produced historical account of the tobacco industry in the Pee Dee region of SC stayed in the pile of books on my bedside table for about a month before it finally cycled to the top. Having received the book as a present, I was mildly curious when I picked it up. "OK," I thought, as I began what I believed would be, at best, a cursory examination, "it's a history book." What a pleasant surprise I received! I was immediately drawn in to the story by the eloquent writing style of the authors and the appropriate use of southern expressions. I felt as if I was experiencing the frustration and the joy of the tobacco farmers as they labored to bring in the crop in this unique region of the country. I found each of the illustrations in the book to be clearly presented and to closely fit the part of the story being told. Within a short period of time after beginning my reading, I began going to bed early to allow myself more reading time. Since I only adopt that reading behavior for the page-turners, I knew then I was hooked! My interest continued right on through the cogent explanation of the structure of the tobacco-subsidy system and finally to the conclusion and the insightful comments of the authors regarding the future of the tobacco industry. I wish to thank Prince & Simpson for their intelligent coverage of a complex part of American culture. I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in real southern culture, and not that fake, hick Hollywood version so often portrayed in movies, and for anyone interested in really knowing what the tobacco industry is about.

Tobacco kills more Americans every year than war. It kills more Americans than traffic accidents. It is more addictive than heroin -- and more damaging to the human body. It is one of the most lethal legal drugs that Americans can purchase without a prescription. Gene Strandberg became aware of what tobacco does to human health and decided to write "Murder Incorporated? The Tobacco Industry" when he also became aware of the role the tobacco industry plays in addicting its customers to their product. Beginning with tobacco's relationship to lung cancer, the addictive qualities of nicotine, the basic chemistry associated with tobacco, the ubiquitous dangers of secondhand smoke, the easy with which tobacco can be accessed by children, the problems of smuggling tobacco products that arise from the patchwork quilt that are state-oriented taxing systems, the bought-and-paid-for influence of the tobacco industry upon the halls of Congress, and some quite insightful conclusions, "Murder Incorporated? The Tobacco Industry" is a work of compelling social commentary that will prove of interest to anyone concerned with issues of personal and public health, as well as the corruptive influences of the tobacco companies upon the citizens and governments of the United States today.

This is an extremely powerful book about the history and current implications of racial injustice in America. It does an outstanding job of assessing the impact of slavery on America's social and economic development, in quick-moving prose that is both compelling and often entertaining. Uninitiated readers like myself will appreciate its provocative and eye opening perspective on the history and state of our nation, while scholars of American history will be interested in the original contributions it makes to the reparations debate.

One of the reviews on the back of the book is by Cornell West, a highly regarded author and professor at Princeton University:

"Reparations continues to be a burning issue in Black America. When will the country as a whole confront its deep implications? This book is a great help for us. Don't miss it!"