Charting Van Wallach's adventures and obsessions, from small-town Texas to Princeton, Russia, Latin America and beyond. Open mic videos are included at no extra charge for your viewing enjoyment.
Wednesday, September 11, 1996
Smoking Out the Tobacco Industry
Richard Kluger, Princeton Class of 1952, won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris. I profiled him for the Princeton Alumni Weekly. http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW96-97/01-0911/0911feat2.html
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