Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: A History of Anti-smokingSpain, 1493 - Europe's first smoker imprisioned by the Inquisition England, 1604 - Massive tax rise on tobacco in a bid to discourage smoking Canada, 1676 - Smoking is banned in the street United States, 1899 - Anti-smoking campaigners call for the eradication of tobacco Germany, 1944 - Smoking banned on public transport to protect workers from secondhand smoke In this revealing and meticulously researched account of an untold story, Christopher Snowdon traces the fortunes of those who have tried to stamp out tobacco through the ages. Velvet Glove, Iron Fist takes the reader on a journey from 15th century Cuba to 21st century California, via Revolutionary France, Victorian Britain, Prohibition Era America and Nazi Germany. Along the way, the author finds uncanny parallels between today's anti-smoking activists and those of the past. Today, as the same tactics begin to be used against those who enjoy alcohol, chocolate, fast food, gambling and perfume, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist provides a timely reminder that once politicians start regulating private behaviour, they find it very hard to quit. |
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Page 169
... cotinine ( a biomarker for nicotine ) from patients at random . Although cotinine does not remain in the body for long and it was highly probable that many of the smokers in the group would have quit once they were diagnosed with lung ...
... cotinine ( a biomarker for nicotine ) from patients at random . Although cotinine does not remain in the body for long and it was highly probable that many of the smokers in the group would have quit once they were diagnosed with lung ...
Page 258
... cotinine readings and yet only a few weeks earlier the BMJ had stressed that “ cotinine is not associated with lung cancer or other diseases " and that “ previous studies have stressed the limitations of cotinine as a biomarker of ...
... cotinine readings and yet only a few weeks earlier the BMJ had stressed that “ cotinine is not associated with lung cancer or other diseases " and that “ previous studies have stressed the limitations of cotinine as a biomarker of ...
Page 366
... cotinine - which is present at high levels in users of tobacco . This procedure helps to exclude current smokers from the sample group but because cotinine disappears from the body after several weeks , it does not eliminate former ...
... cotinine - which is present at high levels in users of tobacco . This procedure helps to exclude current smokers from the sample group but because cotinine disappears from the body after several weeks , it does not eliminate former ...
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