Unfiltered

Conflicts over Tobacco Policy and Public Health

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Tobacco, among the most popular consumer products of the twentieth century, is under attack. Once a behavior that knew no social bounds, cigarette smoking has been transformed into an activity that reflects sharp differences in social status. Unfiltered tells the story of how anti-smoking advocates, public health professionals, bureaucrats, and tobacco corporations have clashed over smoking regulation. The nations discussed in this book--Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States--restrict tobacco advertising, tax tobacco products, and limit where smoking is permitted. Each is also struggling to shape a tobacco policy that ensures corporate accountability, protects individual liberty, and asserts the state's public health power. Unfiltered offers a comparative perspective on legal, political, and social conflicts over tobacco control. The book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of how scientific evidence, global health advocacy, individual risk assessments, and governmental interests intersect in the crafting of tobacco policy. It features national case studies and cross-cultural essays by experts in health policy, law, political science, history, and sociology. The lessons in Unfiltered are crucial to all who seek to understand and influence tobacco policy and reduce tobacco-related mortality worldwide.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2004-08-15
Mått156 x 235 x 30 mm
Vikt712 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor404
FörlagHarvard University Press
ISBN9780674013346

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Introduction: Liberal States, Public Health, and the Tobacco Question 1. Children and Bystanders First: The Ethics and Politics of Tobacco Control in the United States Ronald Bayer and James Colgrove 2. The Limits of Tolerance: Cigarettes, Politics, and Society in Japan Eric A. Feldman 3. Rights and Public Health in the Balance: Tobacco Control in Canada Christopher P. Manfredi and Antonia Maioni 4. The Politics of Tobacco Control in Australia: International Template? John Ballard 5. Militants, Manufacturers, and Governments: Postwar Smoking Policy in the United Kingdom Virginia Berridge 6. Liberte, Egalite, Fumee: Smoking and Tobacco Control in France Constance A. Nathanson 7. Between Paternalism and Voluntarism: Tobacco Consumption and Tobacco Control in Germany Gunter Frankenberg 8. Holy Smoke, No More? Tobacco Control in Denmark Erik Albaek 9. Tobacco-Control Policy in the European Union: The Legal, Ethical, and Policy Debates Anna Gilmore and Martin McKee 10. Difference and Diffusion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Rise of Anti-tobacco Policies Allan M. Brandt 11. Tobacco Control in Comparative Perspective: Eight Nations in Search of an Explanation Theodore Marmor and Evan S. Lieberman Conclusion: Cigarettes, Science, and Public Health Notes Contributors Index

Unfiltered chronicles the ambivalence and diversity with which democracies reconcile the need to respect smokers' rights and dignity with the need to prevent millions of smoking-related deaths. Both tobacco control advocates andtheir libertarian critics will find something to cheer about in Unfiltered. The stories told--about the necessity and the perils of paternalism, the role of class, expertise, and interest group politics in shaping health policy--surely have broader application. I know of no similar book-length comparative study of tobacco policy across wealthy societies.