A Revolutionary Attack on Tobacco
Bolshevik Antismoking Campaigns in the 1920s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11031343 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tricia Starks (0000-0003-4633-8464, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, corresponding author), Tricia A Starks (Tricia Starks is with the Department of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1711-1717 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2017.304048 |
| PMID | 28933924 |
| OpenAlex | W2757197269 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Using archival records of the Commissariat of Public Health, journals, and propaganda materials from the antismoking campaign of the Soviet 1920s, this article argues that the revolutionary state pursued an antitobacco policy unique in the world in its attack on tobacco use at a national scale. The commissar of public health, Nikolai Alexandrovich Semashko, attempted to severely curtail tobacco cultivation and production, limit tobacco sales, and create a public opinion against tobacco with a propaganda campaign. Even in failing in its farther-reaching goals, the policy proved one of the most forward in terms of antismoking propaganda and state-sponsored treatment regimens, with the distribution of antismoking posters, pamphlets, articles, plays, and films as well as the creation of special state-sponsored smoking-cessation programs that boasted high success rates
Environmental health · Political science · Politics · Public health · Public opinion · State (computer science) · Tobacco control · Tobacco industry · Tobacco use · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · Philippine History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |