Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

FCC - This organization was responsible for all broadcast media in the United States and oversaw the broadcast ban on all tobacco products.

FTC - This organization regulated advertising and consumer protection in the United States. It was instrumental in putting warning labels on cigarettes and tar/nicotine monitoring.

ETS - This is a scientific term for what came to be known as second hand smoke by the public.

ACS - This agency was involved in many early lung cancer studies involving smoking.

AMA - This agency was a powerful doctor's organization that was...
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