Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- The proposed federal settlement -- The settlement of the state lawsuits -- The financial costs of smoking to society -- The financial costs to the states and the federal government -- Environmental tobacco smoke -- Risk beliefs and addiction -- Youth smoking: beyond Joe Camel -- Promoting safer cigarettes -- Lessons from the tobacco deal.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The 1998 out-of-court settlements of litigation by the states against the cigarette industry totaled 243 billion, making it the largest payoff ever in our civil justice system. Two key questions drove the lawsuits and the attendant settlement: Do smokers understand the risks of smoking? And does smoking impose net financial costs on the states?With Smoke-Filled Rooms, W. Kip Viscusi provides unexpected answers to these questions, drawing on an impressive range of data on several topics central to the smoking policy debate. Based on surveys of smokers in the United States and Spain, for instance.
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Title
Smoke-filled rooms.
International Standard Book Number
9780226857473
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Advertising-- Cigarettes-- Government policy-- United States.
Cigarette industry-- United States.
Cigarette smoke-- Health aspects-- United States.
Smoking-- Law and legislation-- United States.
Tobacco industry-- Government policy-- United States.
Tobacco industry-- Law and legislation-- United States.
Advertising as Topic-- United States.
Advertising.
Public Policy-- United States.
Public Policy.
Smoking-- economics-- United States.
Smoking-- economics.
Smoking-- legislation & jurisprudence-- United States.
Smoking-- legislation & jurisprudence.
Tobacco Industry-- United States.
Tobacco Industry.
Cigarettes-- Industrie-- États-Unis.
Cigarettes-- Publicité-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
Fumée de cigarette-- Aspect sanitaire-- États-Unis.
Tabac-- Industrie-- Droit-- États-Unis.
Tabac-- Industrie-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
Tabagisme-- Droit-- États-Unis.
Advertising-- Cigarettes-- Government policy.
Cigarette industry.
Cigarette smoke-- Health aspects.
Cigarettes-- Industrie et commerce-- États-Unis.
Fumée du tabac-- Aspect sanitaire-- États-Unis.
PSYCHOLOGY-- Psychopathology-- Addiction.
Publicité-- Cigarettes-- Politique publique-- États-Unis.