Tag Archives: tobacco

Aesthetics and the Failure of the FDA’s Cigarette Warning Labels

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Last year the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a series of nine new warning labels for cigarettes. The labels were designed around a series of graphic images intended to highlight the dangers of smoking – a man exhaling smoke … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: Christopher Snowdon

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

After a bit of a break, the “Points Interview” feature returns this week.  Christopher Snowdon becomes the eighteenth author to face the relentless grilling for which this feature has become so well known.  Christopher joins us to discuss his book, … Continue reading →

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Notes From the (Tobacco) Field

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

It was my great pleasure to have recently attended a public lecture at the University of Florida by Professor Jean Stubbs, who is currently in residence here at the Center for Latin American Studies as the Spring 2011 Bacardi Family … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: Carol Benedict

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

The fourth installment of the Points Interview series is ready, and I’m happy to say that it takes us into the fascinating world of tobacco history.  Carol Benedict is author of Golden-Silk Smoke: A History of Tobacco in China, 1550-2010, set … Continue reading →

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