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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Anti-Tobacco Campaign of the Nazis Report about anti-tobacco public health program in Germany from 1933-45, supported by Nazi medical and military leaders as part of their concern for racial and bodily purity.
Dry Drunk Exploration of the culture of tobacco in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. From the New York Public Library, and based on an exhibit held there in 1997.
John Rolfe Information on the life of Virginia tobacco founder John Rolfe.
