Tobacco and smoking : opposing viewpoints / Tamara L. Roleff, book editor, Mary E. Williams, book editor, Charles P. Cozic, assistant editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cigarette smoking is harmful / American Thoracic Society -- The harmful effects of cigarette smoking are exaggerated / part I: Rosalind B. Marimont; part II: Charley Reese -- Nicotine is addictive / Clifford E. Douglas -- Nicotine is not necessarily addictive / Richard J. DeGrandpre -- Secondhand smoke is harmful / John R. Garrison -- The harmful effects of seconhand smoke are exaggerated / Jacob Sullum -- Smokeless tobacco is harmful / Office of the Surgeon General -- Smokeless tobacco can benefit the public health / Brad Rodu and Philip Cole -- Tobacco advertising encourages teens to smoke / William Everett Bailey -- Tobacco advertising does not encourage teens to smoke / Jacob Sullum -- Restricting tobacco advertising will reduce teen smoking / Ronald M. Davis -- Restricting tobacco advertising will not reduce teen smoking / part I: Ernest Beck; part II: James K. Glassman -- Restricting tobacco advertising is unconstitutional / Barbara Dority -- Restricting tobacco advertising is constitutional / Action on Smoking and Health -- Federal tobacco restrictions are justified to protect youths / William D. Novelli --Federal tobacco restrictions to protect youths are unwarranted / Thomas Humber -- Smoking should be banned in all public buildings / Randolph D. Smoak Jr. -- Smoking should not be banned in all public areas / part I: M. Lester O'Shea; part II: Richard D. Berman -- Tobacco taxes should be increased / Michael Grossman and Frank J. Chaloupka -- Tobacco taxes should not be increased / Stephen Gold -- The tobacco industry is responsible for encouraging smoking / Andrew Bard Schmookler -- People are responsible for choosing to smoke / Richard B. McKenzie -- Lawsuits against tobacco companies are justified / Elizabeth M. Whelan -- Lawsuits against tobacco companies ar e not justified / Stephan Chapman -- The proposed tobacco settlement would benefit public health / Bill Clinton --The proposed tobacco settlement threatens liberty / Robert A. Levy.