Canadians as a Cigarette Nation, 1930 to 1975

The Champlain Society

Witness to Yesterday Podcast

October 8, 2021

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Daniel J. Robinson. He is the author of Cigarette Nation: Business, Health, and Canadian Smokers, 1930 - 1975 published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2021. Robinson's account illustrates how smoking became a habit for over half of Canadians, both men and women, by the early postwar period (continue reading).