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This open access book offers the first in-depth study of the
history and current debates surrounding electronic cigarettes
comparing the UK, US and Australia. Since their introduction,
e-cigarettes have been the subject of much public, media and
regulatory attention, with discussion centring on whether these
devices encourage or discourage smoking. This study delves into the
history of policymaking and institutions in three countries which
have taken different approaches to the regulation of e-cigarettes.
In the UK, the tradition of harm reduction through nicotine has
helped form a response which has endorsed e-cigarettes, though not
without considerable controversy. In contrast, the US has a
cessation-only anti-tobacco agenda, and Australia has effectively
banned e-cigarettes. This book argues that each country frames the
long-term use of nicotine differently and prioritises the health of
different groups within the population of smokers or non-smokers,
set against a broad backdrop of national responses to addiction. By
taking this comparative approach, the authors explore the
relationship between history, evidence and policy in public health
more widely.
"This is a stunning book--comprehensive and perceptive. "Searching
Eyes: Privacy, the State, and Disease Surveillance in America" is a
major achievement in interdisciplinary scholarship and historical
interpretation, and will remain the definitive work on this
important subject for many years to come."--Theodore M. Brown,
Ph.D., Professor of History, Community and Preventive Medicine, and
Medical Humanities, University of Rochester
"A landmark in the history and ethics of public health.
Meticulously researched, it provides the first overarching account
of the evolution of public health surveillance in the United
States, from the debates over tuberculosis and venereal disease at
the start of the 20th century to the tensions over AIDS and
bioterrorism at century's end. Fairchild, Bayer, and Colgrove
provide insights not only into how concerns about privacy shaped
the politics of public health but also about how the need for
protection and services could fuel the demand for extending
surveillance. "Searching Eyes" is invaluable not only for those who
want to understand the past but for those who will be called on to
make and debate public health policy in the future."--Larry O.
Gostin, author of "Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint "(2nd
ed, forthcoming 2008)
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