It was in this climate, in August of 1983, that a woman named Rose Cipollone filed a suit against the Ligett Group,Philip Morris,and Loews (the owner of Lorillard), claiming that the tobacco companies had failed to adequately warn her ...
This is a book about the physical, emotional, and psychological power of nicotine as not only an addictive drug, but also a gateway to memory, a long trail of streetlights in the rearview mirror of a smoker’s life.
The residents of Nicotine House (defenders of smokers’ rights) possess the type of passion and fervor Penny feels she’s desperately lacking, and the other squatter houses in the neighborhood provide a sense of community Penny’s never ...
This is a book about the physical, emotional, and psychological power of nicotine as not only an addictive drug, but also a gateway to memory, a long trail of streetlights in the rearview mirror of a smoker’s life.
Discusses the history of tobacco, use, pop culture, health and social problems, advertising, big business, and continued controversy.