Class Year
2013
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
2012
Department 1
Philosophy
Abstract
Since its discovery, the use of tobacco products has acted as a form of meditation, social engagement, and reprieve. In the era following the late 1950’s, designated “smoking areas,” whether sequestered informally by social constraints or formally by the law, have led to a culture of very “implaced” cigarette smoking. These have become places of escape, places of exile, and places of compromise. This paper explores what it means to belong, and not to belong, to these places, and the role of designated smoking areas in the formation of our culture.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Grose, Hannah B., "Up In Smoke: The Place of the Modern American Cigarette" (2012). Student Publications. 16.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/16
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