From the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy; covers the 1600s through the mid 1970s.
Showcases the contrast between the tobacco industry's private knowledge and its public statements over the past 50 years.
Article from the Palm Beach Post covers the use of paid media by the industry and by anti-smoking campaigns.
Report about anti-tobacco public health program in Germany from 1933-45, supported by Nazi medical and military leaders as part of their concern for racial and bodily purity.
Exploration of the culture of tobacco in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. From the New York Public Library, and based on an exhibit held there in 1997.
Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents how the tobacco industry responded in the 1950s and 1960s to the emerging medical evidence about the product.
Information on the life of Virginia tobacco founder John Rolfe.
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