Lesson 01:  History of Tobacco


Tobacco, Health and the Law
Professor Vernellia R. Randall
The University of Dayton Law School


 

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bullet Syllabus
bullet Introduction
bullet Cigarettes and Health
bullet Tobacco and Native Americans 
bullet Targeting of Children, Women and Minorities
bullet Laws, Regulations and Litigation
bullet Settlement Agreements
bullet Proposed Laws, Regulation and Litigation
bullet Tobacco and the  Third World Countries
Professional Websites
bullet Race, Health Care and the Law
bullet Race and Racism in American Law
bullet Gender and the Law
bullet Students, Learning and Legal Education


Reading Assignment
bullet History of Tobacco
bullet Tobacco Timeline
bullet Dry Drunk: The Culture of Tobacco in 17th- and 18th-century Europe
bullet The Tobacco Wars
bullet Tobacco: A History (On Reserve in the Library)
Other Assignment
bullet Go to the Internet: 
bullet Type in: http://www/udayton.edu/~health/syllabi/tobacco/
bullet Read the Syllabus. Be sure to read the following sections Course Overview,  Course Mechanics,  Course Outline,  Philosophy of  Teaching,  Teaching Methods,  Resources and Evaluation/Grading 
bullet Sign-up for the TWEN network.
bullet Go to the Internet.
bullet Type in: www.lawschool.westlaw.com/home/
bullet Register
bullet Sign up for Class: Tobacco, Health and the Law
bullet Post  at least two questions you have about the class and its procedures on TWEN under the appropriate topic in the Syllabus forum.
bullet Given the syllabus and the lesson outline, write three learning objectives for yourself for this course


Resources
bullet Richard Kluger, Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris.
bullet Museum Of Tobacco Art & History


Major USA Sites on Tobacco 
bullet Action on Smoking and Health (ASH- USA)
bullet American Legacy Foundation
bullet CASAT, Center for the Application of Substance
bullet Abuse Technologies, Univ. of Nevada
bullet CDC Home Page
bullet CDC Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
bullet CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
bullet CDC TIPS (Tobacco Information and Prevention Source)
bullet CDC's State and National Tobacco Control Highlights
bullet Center for Communications, Health and Environment (CECHE)
bullet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
bullet Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
bullet International Network of Women Against Tobacco
bullet National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
bullet National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
bullet Pan American Health Organization
bullet Prevention Research Centers: Investing in the Nation's Health (CDC)
bullet Spit Tobacco Prevention Network
bullet Smokescreen Action Network
bullet State Tobacco Activities and Tracking System
bullet Tobacco.org
bullet Tobacco Control Archives
bullet Tobacco Free Kids 
bullet Tobacco on the Web
bullet Washington Doc Kickbutt.org Website


Other Research Resources
bullet Ohiolink Research Databases
bullet Congressional Universe
bullet Westlaw
bullet Lexis Nexis

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