Lexington Books
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978-0-7391-7692-4 • Hardback • August 2013 • $86.00 • (£66.00)
978-0-7391-7693-1 • eBook • August 2013 • $81.50 • (£59.00)
Michael S. Givel is professor of political science at The University of Oklahoma-Norman.
Andrew L. Spivak is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is author of Sexual Violence: Beyond the Feminist-Evolutionary Debate (2011).
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction: A Tobacco War in America’s Heartland
Chapter 2: Historical Background of Tobacco Control in Oklahoma
Chapter 3: The Influence of the Tobacco Industry Lobby
Chapter 4: Leslie Beitch and the 2001-2003 Clean Indoor Air Campaign
Chapter 5: The 2004 Battle for Cigarette Taxes
Chapter 6: Aftermath: Clean Indoor Air Post-2003
Chapter 7: Lessons Learned: Public Ethics and the Public Good
References
Heartland Tobacco War is an exceptional contribution to the literature on the politics of tobacco regulation. Givel and Spivak draw upon valuable and unique ethnographic, media, government, and industry sources to tell an important story about Oklahoma's struggle for clean indoor air and other vital measures. Their narrative is captivating and adeptly illustrates complex intersections of bureaucracy, legislation, and public relations that will be of interest to policymakers, social science scholars, and anyone interested in how progress is made in public health policy.
— Shannon Monnat, Pennsylvania State University
In their new book, Heartland Tobacco War, Michael Givel, and Andrew Spivak describe how, before 2001, the efforts of the tobacco industry in Oklahoma, USA, were largely triumphant. Progress in tobacco control occurred at a 'glacial pace' between 1915 and the early 2000s. In their well researched book, the authors detail how—through retention of former state legislators with inside knowledge as lobbyists—the tobacco industry had 'complete hegemony' in tobacco-related legislation. . . . Givel and Spivak tell an interesting story that provides important lessons for the achievement of further progress in tobacco-control legislation in Oklahoma and other U.S. states despite the tactics and resources used by the tobacco industry.
— The Lancet