Smoke screen: women's smoking and social control

"Smoking can help form and maintain identity, often in keeping with oppressive cultural images of women. Smoking can make women compliant and unhealthy, but tobacco industries continue to expand female markets across the world. Smoke Screen looks at the range of ways in which tobacco affects wo...

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Main Author: Greaves, Lorraine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Halifax Fernwood Publ. [u.a.] 1996
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Smoking can help form and maintain identity, often in keeping with oppressive cultural images of women. Smoking can make women compliant and unhealthy, but tobacco industries continue to expand female markets across the world. Smoke Screen looks at the range of ways in which tobacco affects women; the evolution of cultural pressures on women's smoking; the meanings of smoking to women; the uses of smoking for women; the benefits for societies of keeping women smoking; and the impact of health and tobacco policy on women's smoking prevention and cessation."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:144 S. Ill.
ISBN:1857270584

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