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By Stanton A. Glantz, John Slade, Lisa A. Bero, Peter Hanauer, and Deborah E. Barnes. 539 pp. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1996. $29.95. ISBN 0-520-20572-3.

Extensive research links tobacco use with addiction, lung cancer, and heart disease. Yet, among recent lawsuits against tobacco companies brought by families of persons who died from lung cancer, only two have demonstrated liability. Why is the tobacco industry able to fend off legal attacks and maintain, if not increase, its profitability? The Cigarette Papers addresses this question by tracking how the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation and its parent company, BAT Industries (formerly British–American Tobacco), expanded their market while stifling information about the risks of cigarette smoking for over 30 years. Extending the information published in several key articles . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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