Clearing the air : the rise and fall of smoking in the workplace / Gregory Wood.
In Clearing the Air, Gregory Wood examines smoking's importance to the social and cultural history of working people in the twentieth-century United States. Now that most workplaces in the United States are smoke-free, it may be difficult to imagine the influence that nicotine addiction once ha...
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ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : addicted : nicotine and working-class history
- Reformers, employers, and the dangers of working-class smoking
- Smoking bans and shop floor resistance during the early twentieth century
- Workers, management, and the right to smoke during World War II
- Thank you for not smoking : anti-smoking politics in postwar workplaces
- "Exiled smoking" and the making of smoke-free workplaces
- Organized labor and the problem of "smokers' rights"
- Conclusion : quitting smoking and the endurance of nicotine.
- Introduction: Nicotine and Working-Class History
- Reformers, Employers, and the Dangers of Working-Class Smoking
- Smoking Bans and Shop Floor Resistance during the Early Twentieth Century
- Workers, Management, and the Right to Smoke during World War II
- Antismoking Politics in Postwar Workplaces
- "Exiled Smoking" and the Making of Smoke-Free Workplaces
- Organized Labor and the Problem of "Smokers' Rights"
- Conclusion: Quitting Smoking and the Endurance of Nicotine.