Cigarettes

Anatomy of an Industry from Seed to Smoke

Tara Parker-Pope

paperback

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Wall Street Journal reporter Tara Parker-Pope presents the clearest picture yet of the most conspicuous consumer product on the planet, telling the fast-paced business story behind this 350 billion dollar industry.
"A useful guide to the world's most lethal legal industry." --The New York Times Book Review
"An absorbing and informative history... Parker-Pope's up-to-date coverage... is not only concise and accessible, but illuminating." --Publisher's Weekly

"Full of fascinating tidbits... a journalistic portrait, alternately affectionate and damning, of the world's favorite weed." --Kirkus Reviews

"A probing study." --Booklist


Tara Parker-Pope has been a reporter for the Wall Street Journal since 1993. Previously, she worked as a government reporter for the Houston Chronicle and as a local reporter for the Austin American-Statesman. 
Current Affairs / Business
Spring 2002
paperback
5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 208 pages
978-1-56584-743-9

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