Synopses & Reviews
Cigarettes chronicles the controversies of a 350 billion dollar industry, telling the fast-paced business story of cigarettes—from seed to smoke—that surprises as it entertains. In a book Publishers Weekly calls “an absorbing and informative history of cigarettes,” Parker-Pope provides “up-to-date coverage of the recent tobacco industry litigation [that] is not only concise and accessible, but illuminating.” The author, who follows the tobacco industry for the Wall Street Journal, offers a unique spin on a much-covered topic, examining the commercial aspect of an industry that became the biggest business success story of the twentieth century.
Review
"An absorbing and informative history . . . Parker-Pope's up-to-date coverage . . . is not only concise and accessible, but illuminating." —
Publishers Weekly"Full of fascinating tidbits . . . a journalistic portrait, alternately affectionate and damning, of the world's favorite weed." —Kirkus Reviews
"A probing study." —Booklist
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-172) and index.
About the Author
Tara Parker-Pope has been a reporter for the
Wall Street Journal since 1993. Previously, she worked as a government reporter for the
Houston Chronicle and as a local reporter for the
Austin American-Statesman.
Table of Contents
Lighting up : a brief history of the cigarette -- Money to burn : the business of cigarettes -- Seed to smoke : cultivation, packaging, and distribution -- Selling smoke : marketing and advertising -- Dying to smoke : public health -- Snuffing it out : the future of an industry.