- 1964 tobacco industry memo
The 1964 confidential memo on the U.S. tobacco industry, written by a team from the UK tobacco industry.
http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/Extra/1964memo.htm
- A Capsule History of Tobacco
Tobacco Timeline; extensive yet concise timeline of key dates in tobacco history.
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History.html
- Brief Use of Tobacco Use and Abuse
An account of the development of the use of the drug in the western world.
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/education/tobaccohistory.htm
- George Seldes on Tobacco
The scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco go back to 1938, but few papers were running stories about it: their leading advertisers were the tobacco companies. George Seldes (1890-1995) was an exception; a set of his tobacco stories from 1940 to 1950 is reprinted here.
http://www.brasscheck.com/seldes/tobac.html
- History of Tobacco Regulation
From the Schaffer Library of Drug Policy; covers the 1600s through the mid 1970s.
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2b.htm
- History Today: Smoking Gun
Matthew Hilton examines the mystique surrounding tobacco, the history of tobacco industry, government and consumer actions on smoking in the UK.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1373/5_50/62087852/p1/article.jhtml
- Interview with Richard Peto
Richard Peto was one of the first to realize that tobacco products were killing their customers; interview covers the discovery, public health and public policy, and the sheer size of tobacco death.
http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinterview.jsp?id=ns23065
- RCP Report - 40 Fatal Years
A Review of the 40 years since the publication of the 1962 Report of the Royal College of Physicians on Smoking and Health (UK). The original publication is presented along with some analysis on what happened since.
http://www.ash.org.uk/html/policy/rcp40threport.html
- Scientist's Story Hurt Tobacco Industry
Dr. Victor DeNoble, a former senior scientist at Philip Morris, tells his story.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1999/Nov-16-Tue-1999/news/12361546.html
- The Cigarette Papers
Showcases the contrast between the tobacco industry's private knowledge and its public statements over the past 50 years.
http://tobaccowall.ucsf.edu/
- The Price of Coffins: Specious Arguments by Eeminent Doctors against the Dangers of Tobacco
Letter to the British medical Journal reviews some tobacco, medical, and public policy history: "good evidence showed that smoking causes lung cancer; the media's response to this information was initially resistant; specious arguments were used to detract from the real issue, which confused the general public and lessened its concern; after 40 years there has been little change in smoking rates."
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1621
- The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby
Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/smoking/drewf.htm
- The Tobacco Wars
Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco turn into the selling and promotion of tobacco? This site has answers.
http://bsd.mojones.com/mother_jones/MJ96/tobacco_timeline1.html
- The truth is, anti-smoking ads work
Article from the Palm Beach Post covers the use of paid media by the industry and by anti-smoking campaigns.
http://no-smoking.org/march99/03-30-99-1.html
- Tobacco History
Collection of links to histories.
http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/
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