Seeing Through the Smoke -- The Secrets in a Cigarette

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09/07/2012

Sep. 07, 2012

Seeing Through the Smoke -- The Secrets in a Cigarette

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Worldwide, we smoke six trillion cigarettes a year. Shouldn't we know more about them? In Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition, historian Robert Proctor reveals little-known secrets of the cigarette, starting with the ingredient list: antifreeze, cocoa shells, liquorice, and over 100 other additives. Nora Volkow, who heads the National Institute on Drug Abuse, joins to discuss nicotine vaccines and the science of addiction.

In the SciFri Snack: Robert Proctor, author of Golden Holocaust, tells us why cigarettes could be worse for you WITH the filter. Listen to more SciFri Snacks, and join the conversation at SoundCloud.

Who Knew What and When?

An excerpt from Golden Holocaust by Robert N. Proctor

The "Secret Documents"

Now accessible online, the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library is the largest business archive in the world.

Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer

Guests

Robert Proctor
Author, Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition (University of California Press, 2012)
Professor, History of Science
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Nora Volkow
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Sep. 07, 2012