Contents
Tobacco: history and botany
- Genesis of an epidemic Marc KIRSCH
- The benefits of tobacco Agnès RICROCH
Tobacco and addiction
- Interview with Jean-Pierre CHANGEUX
- Interview with Jean-Pol TASSIN
Tobacco and health
- Cardiovascular risks of smoking: belated recognition of an unchecked epidemic Pierre CORVOL and Nicolas POSTEL-VINAY
- Interview with Bernard ROQUES
Public health and tobacco control
- Interview with Gilbert LAGRUE
- Interview with Maurice TUBIANA
- Interview with Joël MÉNARD
- Interview with Claude ÉVIN
- Interview with Nicole MAESTRACCI
Ethical and socio-cultural aspects
- Interview with Anne FAGOT-LARGEAULT
- Interview with Philippe DESCOLA
Conclusion
- Tobacco control: a textbook case of the relationship between industry, science and the state Marc KIRSCH
