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- 15 Mar 1973 Test
- 15 Dec 1987 TI Holds Conference on "The Anti-Smoking Movement"
- Simple agenda of 1-day conference at the Park Hyatt. Research conference coverage in other documents. And what is the "Smart Guy Network"?
- 09 Jan 1989 "Tobacco Industry Campaigns to Stem Anti-smoking Movement" -- AP
- The TI took out newspaper ads (just before the 25th anniversary of the 1964 SG report) that declared "Enough is Enough," and released a survey indicating 3 out of 4 Americans do not support smoking bans in workplaces and restaurants. "enough taxation . . . enough legislation . . . enough control . . . enough censorship . . . enough harassment . . . enough discrimination"
- 1991 (est.) Peter L. Berger: The Anti-Smoking Movement in Global Perspective
- "The present paper utilizes a _sociological_ approach to this phenomenon. . . If people believe that smoking is bad for them, does one need any further explanations (sociological or otherwise) of why they would mobilize against smoking? The answer to this question is: Yes. And for rather simple reasons. The scientific evidence against smoking is complex and highly specialized, much of it based on epidemiological statistics. Very few people can assess this evidence; they must rely on the authority of others. But to believe something on the authority of others always implies a readiness to believe. This readiness calls for sociological or psychological explanation, regardless of the evidence from the natural scientists." "anti-smoking is primarily a Protestant phenomenon." "If people want to harm themselves, who has the right to stop them? For quite a while the anti-smoking movement had no good answer to this question. It did its best to frighten smokers--with considerable success; many _were_ frightened - but it was no tvery successful in rousing non-smokers to take any action. In order to accomplish this, the anti-smoking movement had, as it were, to find an "innocent bystender"