For your own good, the anti-smoking crusade and the tyranny of public health, Jacob Sullum
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For your own good, the anti-smoking crusade and the tyranny of public health, Jacob Sullum
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-327) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
For your own good
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
38206893
Responsibility statement
Jacob Sullum
Sub title
the anti-smoking crusade and the tyranny of public health
Summary
The tobacco controversy is usually portrayed as a battle between selfless defenders of public health and greedy merchants of death. In For Your Own Good, journalist Jacob Sullum argues that such a view conceals the true nature of the crusade for a smoke-free society. As Sullum demonstrates, this struggle is not about the behavior of corporations; it's about the behavior of individuals. It is an attempt by one group of people to impose their tastes and preferences on another. For Your Own Good shows that long before Philip Morris or R. J. Reynolds existed, tobacco's opponents condemned smoking as disgusting, immoral, addictive, unhealthy, and inconsiderate. In recent decades, they have used scientific evidence that smoking is hazardous to enlist the state in their crusade, arguing that the government has an obligation to discourage behavior that might lead to disease or injury. Given this country's tradition of limited government, however, Americans tend to be skeptical of this argument. Sullum justifies their misgivings, noting that achieving a "smoke-free society" in a nation where tens of millions choose to smoke is necessarily an exercise in tyranny
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- Movimiento antitabaco -- Estados Unidos
- Opinión pública -- Estados Unidos
- Smoking + Government policy -- United States
- Passive smoking + Government policy
- Hábito de fumar + Política gubernamental -- Estados Unidos
- Public opinion -- United States
- Public Opinion
- Public opinion
- Smoking + Public opinion
- Tobacco Smoke Pollution + legislation & jurisprudence
- Fumadores pasivos + Política gubernamental -- Estados Unidos
- Popular Works
- Passive smoking + Government policy -- United States
- Health Policy + legislation & jurisprudence
- Smoking -- United States -- Public opinion
- United States
- Smoking Cessation
- Smoking
- Hábito de fumar -- Estados Unidos -- Obras de divulgación
- Antismoking movement
- Antismoking movement -- United States
- Opinión pública -- Estados Unidos -- Obras de divulgación
- Hábito de fumar + Opinión pública -- Estados Unidos
- Política médica + Leyes y legislación y jurisprudencia -- Estados Unidos -- Obras de divulgación
- Smoking + Government policy
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- Genre1
- Subject25
- Movimiento antitabaco -- Estados Unidos
- Opinión pública -- Estados Unidos
- Smoking + Government policy -- United States
- Passive smoking + Government policy
- Hábito de fumar + Política gubernamental -- Estados Unidos
- Public opinion -- United States
- Public Opinion
- Public opinion
- Smoking + Public opinion
- Tobacco Smoke Pollution + legislation & jurisprudence
- Fumadores pasivos + Política gubernamental -- Estados Unidos
- Popular Works
- Passive smoking + Government policy -- United States
- Health Policy + legislation & jurisprudence
- Smoking -- United States -- Public opinion
- United States
- Smoking Cessation
- Smoking
- Hábito de fumar -- Estados Unidos -- Obras de divulgación
- Antismoking movement
- Antismoking movement -- United States
- Opinión pública -- Estados Unidos -- Obras de divulgación
- Hábito de fumar + Opinión pública -- Estados Unidos
- Política médica + Leyes y legislación y jurisprudencia -- Estados Unidos -- Obras de divulgación
- Smoking + Government policy
- Content1
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