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To: neolib who wrote (189080)6/11/2006 10:09:16 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Anti-smoking efforts were well underway in the 1800's.

This had more at the time to do with the same puritan ethics that opposed drinking than a purely rational analysis of health effects, though those were certainly evident (all one needs to do is look at long time smokers.)

I read an interesting book on the "War on Tobacco" a few years back that made this point.

What is fascinating about the cigarette industry is that it was arguably the first use of genuinely sophisticated public marketing, and this was in the 19'th century. The tobacco industry played an important role in American economy from the earliest days.
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