Description
1964 first printing edition. Hardcover has some creasing, foxing, and fading. Spine is loose to binding, front cover is loose to spine. The pages are clean and in good condition. The binding is secure.
This well-worn yet charming first edition of “Dying to Smoke” by Robert Osborn offers a fascinating glimpse into the early days of the anti-smoking movement. Published in 1964, just a year after the landmark Surgeon General’s report linking smoking to lung cancer, this book was one of the first to raise public awareness about the health risks of tobacco use. Osborn, a respected medical writer, and his co-author Fred W. Benton, a physician, present a compelling case against smoking backed by scientific evidence and personal accounts. Despite its age and signs of wear, this copy retains its historical significance as an early salvo in the battle against Big Tobacco. Collectors of medical history and anti-smoking literature will appreciate the opportunity to own a piece of this pivotal era. Readers interested in the evolution of public health campaigns will find this book a captivating time capsule, revealing the challenges faced by early advocates in changing deeply entrenched societal norms.
