Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles - Complete, online book by Glantz and Birnbach provides over 30 years of experience gained in tobacco control in California.

The Price of Coffins: Specious Arguments by Eeminent Doctors against the Dangers of Tobacco - Letter to the British medical Journal reviews some tobacco, medical, and public policy history: "good evidence showed that smoking causes lung cancer; the media's response to this information was initially resistant; specious arguments were used to detract from the real issue, which confused the general public and lessened its concern; after 40 years there has been little change in smoking rates."

Tobacco History - Collection of links to histories.

History Net- The History of Tobacco - Reprinting of the Tobacco Timeline.

The truth is, anti-smoking ads work - Article from the Palm Beach Post covers the use of paid media by the industry and by anti-smoking campaigns.

The Tobacco Wars - Colorful web site provides a capsule history of tobacco, from 1492 to 1988. Where did the tobacco industry as we know it come from, and when and how did the existence of tobacco turn into the selling and promotion of tobacco? This site has answers.

Cigarette Wars: Smoke, Lies, and Compromise - Series of articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer on the federal tobacco 'settlement'; now mostly history.

WCCO Channel 4000 News: Tobacco on Trial - Extensive history of the groundbreaking Minnesota trial. Provides links into the record and testimony; documents key evidence and events in the trial.

George Seldes on Tobacco - The scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco go back to 1938, but few papers were running stories about it: their leading advertisers were the tobacco companies. George Seldes (1890-1995) was an exception; a set of his tobacco stories from 1940 to 1950 is reprinted here.

Tobacco Ads of the 1940s and 1950s - A growing collection of pre-1960's print tobacco marketing.

Tobacco War: Inside the California Battles - Book on the California tobacco history from the 1970s on. book information, reviews, ordering information.

History Today: Smoking Gun - Matthew Hilton examines the mystique surrounding tobacco, the history of tobacco industry, government and consumer actions on smoking in the U.K.

Editorial: M*A*S*H's Larry Linville: Another Victim of Cigarettes - When actor Larry Linville died earlier this month, his obituary listed the cause of death as complications of pneumonia. But the bottom line is, cigarettes killed him. This editorial explores what was known about smoking when Linville started, what the industry was saying about the product at that time.

1964 tobacco industry memo - The 1964 confidential memo on the U.S. tobacco industry, written by a team from the UK tobacco industry.

The Tobacco Epidemic: Historical Lessons - Essay surveys the history and effects of tobacco use.

smoking and Disease: The Tobacco Industry's Earliest Responses - Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents how the tobacco industry responded in the 1950s and 1960s to the emerging medical evidence about the product.

The Cigarette Papers - Book review by Richard Daynard summarizes the history behind the book.

Big Tobacco's PR Campaign in '50s Early Spin Doctoring - Article from the St. Paul Pioneer Press covers the history of tobacco industry PR.

The Quiet Victory of the Cigarette Lobby - Article originally published in 1965 in the Atlantic Monthly looks at the tobacco industry's power in Congress.

Cigarettes and the 1964 Report of the Surgeon General's Advisory Committee - From the 1972 Consumers Union report on licit and illicit drugs.

Tobacco Lawyers and the Case For Cover-up Reform - Column on legal affairs reviews history of tobacco industry and its lawyers.

Ex-FDA Chief Describes Tobacco Wars - Interview with Dr. David Kessler covers some of the history he was a key figure in.