From the birth of the smokers’ clinic to the invention of Nicorette: Problematizing smoking as addiction in Sweden 1955–1971

AIM - To discuss how scientific confirmation of cigarette smoking as a major contemporary drug problem during the 1980s was preceded by a rising tide of clinical and pharmaceutical innovation dedicated to treating smoking as a problem of addiction. BACKGROUND - This current of innovation, commencin...

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Main Author: Elam Mark
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-12-01
Series:Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nsad.2014.31.issue-5-6/nsad-2014-0042/nsad-2014-0042.xml?format=INT