Links on (non-)smoking

Jeffrey Wigand

This former tobacco manager brought the secret intrigues of the tobacco industry to light. Jeffrey Wigands story was brought to the screen in the movie “The Insider” (1999), staring Russel Crowe and Al Pacino.

www.jeffreywigand.com

Legacy Tobacco Documents Library

For research and to browse: here you find public access of original documents pertaining to the tobacco industry, left in the hands of the University of California in San Francisco. On one hand the bosses of the big US-tobacco companies swore under oath that they did not know of any connection between nicotine and addiction. On the other hand the secret tobacco industry documents proof that the tobacco companies know about the fantastic customer loyalty they achieve with their products that generate addiction and that they are campaigning to hook kids and teenagers.

www.legacy.library.ucsf.edu