Collection of links to histories.
Letter to the British medical Journal reviews some tobacco, medical, and public policy history: "good evidence showed that smoking causes lung cancer; the media's response to this information was initially resistant; specious arguments were used to detract from the real issue, which confused the general public and lessened its concern; after 40 years there has been little change in smoking rates."
Reprinting of the Tobacco Timeline.
Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco turn into the selling and promotion of tobacco? This site has answers.
The scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco go back to 1938, but few papers were running stories about it: their leading advertisers were the tobacco companies. George Seldes (1890-1995) was an exception; a set of his tobacco stories from 1940 to 1950 is reprinted here.
A growing collection of pre-1960's print tobacco marketing.
Book on the California tobacco history from the 1970s on. book information, reviews, ordering information.
Matthew Hilton examines the mystique surrounding tobacco, the history of tobacco industry, government and consumer actions on smoking in the UK.
Essay surveys the history and effects of tobacco use.
A Review of the 40 years since the publication of the 1962 Report of the Royal College of Physicians on Smoking and Health (UK). The original publication is presented along with some analysis on what happened since.
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