The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt.

New York : Basic Books, [2007], ©2007.

vii, 600 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-578) and index.

Introduction: the Camel Man and me -- Culture -- Pro bono publico -- Tobacco as much as bullets -- Engineering consent -- Science -- More doctors smoke Camels -- The causal conundrum -- Constructing controversy -- Politics -- The surgeon general has determined -- Congress : the best filter yet -- Your cigarette is killing me -- Law -- Nicotine is the product -- Mr. Butts goes to Washington -- The trials of big tobacco -- Globalization -- Exporting an epidemic -- Epilogue: the crime of the century -- References -- Note on sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index.