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Maddie Sykes is a promising seamstress who's just arrived in Bright Leaf, North Carolina -- the tobacco capital of the South -- where her aunt has a thriving sewing business. After years of war rations and shortages, Bright Leaf is a prosperous wonderland in full Technicolor bloom, and Maddie is dazzled by the bustle of the crisply uniformed female factory workers, the palatial homes, and, most of all, her aunt's glossiest clientele: the wives of...
7) Tobacco
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Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
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Tobacco use is the world's leading preventable cause of death. This title explores the history of tobacco, its effects on the body, government policies toward it, and ways that users can quit. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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University of Georgia Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"Explores tobacco's influence in South Carolina from its beginnings in the colonial period to its heyday at the turn of the century, the impact of the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II, and on to present-day controversies about the health risks of smoking." -- Jacket.
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South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station volume Bulletin 600
Publisher
South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
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South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station volume Technical Bulletin 1063
Publisher
South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
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Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2021
Language
English
Description
"Big Tobacco meets Silicon Valley in this corporate exposé of what happened when two of the most notorious industries collided-and the vaping epidemic was born. Howard Willard lusted after Juul. As the CEO of tobacco giant Philip Morris's parent company, and a veteran of the industry's long fight to avoid being regulated out of existence, he grew obsessed with a prize he believed could save his company-the e-cigarette, a product with all the addictive...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The Cigarette: A Political History offers a fresh interpretation of tobacco's role in the twentieth century. It argues that tobacco played a vital and emblematic role in the history of twentieth century political economy. Far from being unregulated, tobacco was the most controlled and supported commodity produced in the United States during the twentieth century. The federal tobacco program was remarkably long lived, lasting nearly seven decades...
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Omnigraphics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Provides basic consumer health information for teens about risk factors, consequences, and prevention of various types of abuse and violence. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading"-- Provided by publisher.
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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
"Most cigarette smokers try tobacco for the first time before they turn 18, and hundreds of young people become smokers every day. The age-appropriate text in this volume explains the immediate physical changes and future health risks of tobacco use. Young readers will learn about the history of tobacco use in our country and the dangers of this highly addictive drug. Photographs are paired with manageable text to show children how to make good decisions...
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