The Cigarette Papers - Paperbackby Stanton A. Glantz (Editor), John Slade (Editor), Lisa A. Bero (Editor) Around the clock tobacco talks, multibillion dollar lawsuits against the major cigarette companies, and legislative wrangling over how much to tax a pack of cigarettes these are some of the most recent episodes in the war against the tobacco companies. The Cigarette Papers shows what started it all: revelations that tobacco companies had long known the grave dangers of smoking,