Black-market cigarettes
Tim Elfrink wrote this dramatic summary of the recent history of cigarette smuggling as a source of terrorist income for the Miami New Times.
Posted by Jon Miller on July 7, 2009 at 07:48 AM in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ireland, North Korea, Tobacco, United States | Permalink
Tobacco in Russian history and culture (book)
Matthew Romaniello and others, Tobacco in Russian History and Culture (Routledge, 2009).
Posted by David Fahey on June 3, 2009 at 08:25 AM in Books, Russia, Tobacco | Permalink
Electronic cigarettes: nicotine without smoke or regulation
The New York Times reports on the the new version of cigarettes that provide nicotine without smoke or government regulation. For more, see here.
Posted by David Fahey on June 3, 2009 at 07:27 AM in Tobacco | Permalink
Smoking and feminine modernity (article)
Penny Tinkler and Cheryl Krasnick Warsh, "Feminine Modernity in Interwar Britain and North America: Corsets, Cars, and Cigarettes," Journal of Women's History 20/3 (2008): 113-43.
Posted by David Fahey on June 1, 2009 at 03:41 PM in Britain, Canada, Tobacco, United States | Permalink
The Simpson's may cause children to smoke, report
One of TV's most enduring cartoons, The Simpsons, may cause children to consider smoking because of its many scenes depicting the habit, according to a new study. The CBC reports.
Posted by Matthew McKean on May 31, 2009 at 08:26 PM in Television, Tobacco | Permalink
Tobacco and authority in Caroline England (article)
Todd Butler, "Power in Smoke: The Language of Tobacco and Authority in Caroline England," Studies in Philology 106/1 (Winter 2009): 100-118.
Posted by David Fahey on May 25, 2009 at 12:36 PM in Britain, Tobacco | Permalink
Alcohol and Tobacco in "Advertising and Society"
Carol Pardun, PhD, director of the U. of So. Carolina School of Journalism
and Mass Communications, and President Elect of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has authored Advertising and Society: Controversies and Consequences, 2009, Wiley-Blackwell, with two chapters on alcohol and tobacco. "Tobacco advertising : when people do dumb things" and "Alcohol advertising : a match made in heaven or a pact with the devil?" Publisher's webpage is here. Pardun does research on the effects of advertising on adolescents.
Posted by Dave Trippel on April 20, 2009 at 11:20 PM in Advertising, Alcohol (general), Books, Tobacco | Permalink
Number of cigarette smokers in California declines by 41%
Since cigarette taxes were increased by 25 cents a pack in 1988, the number of Californians who smoke cigarettes has declined from nearly 23% to 13% in 2008 (with 14.6% of youth smoking, a percentage low by American standards). For more, see here.
Posted by David Fahey on April 9, 2009 at 12:38 PM in Tobacco | Permalink
Tobacco and chocolate in the Atlantic world (book review)
Gabriel Paquette reviews in the Times Literary Supplement (TLS), March 27, 2009, Marcy Norton, Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World (Cornell UP, 2008). Emphasizes Spanish colonial empire. Based on University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. dissertation, 2000. Norton published a related article in the American Historical Review in 2006.
Posted by David Fahey on April 4, 2009 at 02:10 PM in Book Reviews, Chocolate, Tobacco | Permalink
Europe less smoky
For a few examples of the decline of the acceptance of tobacco smoking in Europe, see here. Thanks again to David Trippel.
Posted by David Fahey on January 28, 2009 at 01:51 PM in European Union, Tobacco | Permalink
