Tobacco, USA: Industry Behind

by Eileen Heyes

The tobacco industry has long been among the most powerful in the United States. From the 1950s through the 1980s, while thousands of scientific studies showed cigarettes to be addictive and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761309748
• ISBN13: 9780761309741
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Tobacco information for people of all ages.

This well-researched and well-written book gives a brief but complete history of tobacco---world-wide, but primarily in America. Though Ms Heyes is best known as a writer for young adults, she does not "write down" or condescend. People of all ages can---indeed should--- read this fascinating true story.