Cigarettes

Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke

$17.95

 
Paperback
ISBN: 9781565847439
Published: Jun 01 2002
Page count: 208
$17.95

Description

Cigarettes chronicles the controversies of a 350 billion dollar industry, telling the fast-paced business story of cigarettes—from seed to smoke—that surprises as it entertains. In a book Publishers Weekly calls “an absorbing and informative history of cigarettes,” Parker-Pope provides “up-to-date coverage of the recent tobacco industry litigation [that] is not only concise and accessible, but illuminating.” The author, who follows the tobacco industry for the Wall Street Journal, offers a unique spin on a much-covered topic, examining the commercial aspect of an industry that became the biggest business success story of the twentieth century.

Author Bio

Tara Parker-Pope has been a reporter for the Wall Street Journal since 1993. Previously, she worked as a government reporter for the Houston Chronicle and as a local reporter for the Austin American-Statesman.

Praise

"An absorbing and informative history . . . Parker-Pope's up-to-date coverage . . . is not only concise and accessible, but illuminating." —Publishers Weekly

"Full of fascinating tidbits . . . a journalistic portrait, alternately affectionate and damning, of the world's favorite weed." —Kirkus Reviews

"A probing study." —Booklist