The US struggle between the public interest and corporate interests is well illustrated in the struggle between the tobacco industry and advocates for public health. In this text Pertschuk describes the forces brought to bear in the failure of the ""global settlement"" legislation.
The classic American struggle between the public interest and corporate interests is perhaps nowhere better illustrated than in the decades-long struggle between the tobacco industry and advocates for public health. The failure of the "global settlement" legislation is now viewed by many public health experts as an historic missed opportunity, and in this extraordinary book, Smoke in Their Eyes, Michael Pertschuk brilliantly describes the forces brought to bear.
