Ending the Tobacco Holocaust: How Big Tobacco Affects Our Health, Pocketbook and Political Freedom--And What We Can Do About It (Hardcover)

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Almost everyone knows that smoking is bad. But thanks to political lobbies, misinformation campaigns and billions of advertising dollars spent by tobacco companies each year, it is hard to know just how bad. Psychiatrist Rabinoff goes a long way toward clarifying the questions surrounding the number one leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., responsible for about 450,000 deaths here each year. Nonsmokers will likely fume over Big Tobacco's cunning strategies for keeping people addicted—particularly children, who are tomorrow's smokers, after all. Smokers may feel browbeaten by Rabinoff's sometimes hyperbolic writing style. For aspiring nonsmokers, there are reasons to quit on nearly every page, whether political (e.g., collusion between the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries; how cigarettes are pushed to children overseas) or scientific (how cigarettes are chemically altered to heighten addiction, and the causality between smoking and mental illness). The evidence Rabinoff amasses is overwhelming, making this recommended reading for anyone who wants to quit. B&w photos. $25,000 marketing budget.(Mar.)
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Every day, at least 1,191 Americans die before their time. They die painful, lingering deaths that could have been prevented. Every three days, as many citizens die from their own smoking habit, or from exposure to second-hand smoke, as died in the September 11 tragedy. Each and every pack of cigarettes costs American taxpayers $40 in higher medical premiums, unavailability of health services, and other hidden financial drains. And every year, 925 out of every 1,000 smokers who try to quit on their own fail to stay smoke-free for a year - while hundreds of thousands of children become addicted to nicotine.Dr Michael Rabinoff, a respected psychiatrist who holds two patents and has published repeatedly in the "New England Journal of Medicine" and other top-flight journals, shows the health and financial suicide we commit by allowing tobacco companies to continue doing business as usual - and, like any good doctor, provides a detailed prescription for what to do about it: simple actions you can take to save the lives of millions around the world.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 452 pages
• Publisher: Elite Books; 1 edition (February 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600700128
• ISBN-13: 978-1600700125
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #203,424 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Reader , March 14, 2007

By	Avid Reader Lorene (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

I appreciated this reader-friendly book on how smoking affects us all. This is the definitive book on smoking where you can find a wealth of information in one place. It is informative about the toxic chemicals added to cigarettes, the deceitful marketing tactics of the tobacco industry; the health hazards of smoking to the smoker, the non-smoker and even to our pets and important methods for smoking cessation. I also found the personal stories scattered throughout the book to be very compelling. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to stop needless suffering.

1.0 out of 5 stars Stop the World Photocopy the Next One, October 16, 2009

By	Merrell Williams "Merrell Williams" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Why not just imagine that there isn't a new generation that devolves every ten months to get into the pitched battle of the issue of tobacco, and, having done that, imagine also that it is not highly likely or probable that something new and interesting will come out of that which has not already been worn by every book
writing tramp who can finger a computer and get it to squeel? I can't imagine the time when, in such vast quantities of unwritten dribble, drips and contrivances,
that this will ever end. I'm the first person ever to be the so-called "tobacco whistleblower", and, by virtue of that act alone, I've probably made it possible for the next entire Polish Army to start penning a book about tobacco. It's rank amateurism anyway you look at "new" anything in the world of tobacco. Stanton Glantz and the document piles of the Industries (granted, they only let go of what is essentially silly information anyway), wrote an apparently decent account of what is needed to understand how to put together some facts - and that's all you need. The history of tobacco is like the history of the rat or the penguin - it's just what it is. The philsophical issue in tobacco is similarly just as important as rat history or penguin history - it's done. If you read more of this, the accountability is just the same. Of course, if you want to know how relatively true is to what is not, this book and almost every other book, is hash and re-hash.
And more re-hash. Why don't we have tobacco writers who ask questions about the reason that HHS has the entire ingredients list, and has had it, each year, since 1984, but it can't be read? Or the fact that, when found, the ingredients (flavors) list wasn't known to exist in the Department of Health and Human Services certainly not by the person who ran the Office (isn't that a neat thought)? This book is an adventure in re-reading what's read. I loved the torment. Merrell Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Tobacco Slam!, October 1, 2007

By	Carol Allen "Tobacco Activist" (Amarillo, TX) - See all my reviews

Ending the Tobacco Holocaust gives people who are tired of their friends' preventable deaths the most recent tobacco research and then gives practical ideas on how to stop the efforts of Big Tobacco. When one or two babies die from lead poisoning, there are immediate product recalls. However, 1200 people needlessly die every day from a using a product that, when used exactly as directed, kills people! We need to be enraged enough to do something to stop this! I particularly liked that the author gave personal stories because those 1200 people who died today can no longer tell their stories about their addiction to tobacco. This is a must read for any tobacco activist!