Advertising sin and sickness : the politics of alcohol and tobacco marketing, 1950-1990 / Pamela E. Pennock.
| Author/creator | Pennock, Pamela E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | viii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Drugs and alcohol Drugs and alcohol (De Kalb, Ill.) ^A712894 |
| Contents | Introduction : health, morality, and free speech -- The failed fight to ban alcohol advertising, 1947-1958 -- Temperance and mass society -- The industries' regulatory response -- Legislative battles: politics and rhetoric -- The battle to regulate cigarette marketing, 1960s -- Emergence of the postwar antismoking movement -- The warning label debate -- The next push : restricting advertising -- The new temperance movement and alcohol marketing restrictions -- 1970s and 1980s -- The political, legal, and scientific context of regulation -- Policy contests: warning labels and advertising controls -- Conclusion: the elusive quest for restraints. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-275) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006016679 |
| ISBN | 0875803687 (clothbound : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780875803685 (clothbound : alk. paper) |