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Editorial Review

This is the David-and-Goliath story of how an American bureaucrat took on the tobacco industry--and helped topple it. David Kessler, head of the Food and Drug Administration for seven years under Presidents Bush and Clinton, earned the nickname "Eliot Knessler" from Read more

Reviews (33)

great expose of an evil industry
America, for all its faults, is the battlefield on which many of the world's most important health questions are being fought. None of those is more important than the questions this excellent book addresses. Is nicotine a narcotic? Are America's major cigarette companies, collectively known as Big Tobacco, deliberately turning their customers into nicotine addicts?
A Breath of Fresh Air
Thank you, Dr. Kessler, for pursuing the tobacco dragon and for writing this book. It should be required reading for every medical and divinity school student.

Civics lesson that reads like a thriller
Wow.Who would have thought a book on the history of the FDA's handling of tobacco regulation would read like a spy novel?I grabbed this book off the new books shelf at the library, and picked it up expecting to skim through it.Kessler begins with how he was chosen to head the FDA, and introduces several of his staff including the one who started him toward taking on the tobacco industry.Then we get plenty of background including the history, marketing, and laws concerning tobacco.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business Ethics    2. Corporate    3. Corrupt practices    4. History    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal History    8. Nicotine    9. Politics - Current Events    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Public Affairs & Administration    12. Public Policy    13. Public Policy - General    14. Public Policy - Social Policy    15. Tobacco    16. Tobacco industry    17. U.S. Lobbies And Interest Groups    18. United States   

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Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate    5. Corporation law    6. Corporations    7. Entrepreneurship    8. Incorporation    9. Industries - General    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Popular works    12. Reference    13. Tax Law    14. Taxation    15. United States   

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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Commercial - General    4. Corporate    5. Corporation law    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. United States   

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Good start: California Non-Profit Corporation Handbook
The book is a good overview for starting a non profit.Althought the material is dated [1980]having paid an attorney $165 per hour to tell me the same thing, I wish I had found the book first.I would recommend it. The book is easy to understand and gets you from an idea to incorporationwith detailed explanations. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Consumer    2. Corporate    3. Delaware    4. Incorporation    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. New Business Enterprises    8. Popular works