Thank You for Smoking
Thank You for Smoking
Author: Christopher Buckley
Desc: Nick Naylor likes his job. In the neo-puritanical nineties it's a challenge to defend the rights of smokers and a privilege to promote their liberty. Sure it hurts a little when you're compared to Nazi war criminals but Nick says he's just doing what it takes to pay the mortgage and put his son through Washington's elite private school St. Euthanasius. He can handle the pressure from the antismoking zealots but he is less certain about his new boss BR who questions whether Nick is worth $150 000 a year to fight a losing war. Under pressure to produce results Nick goes on a PR offensive. But his heightened notoriety makes him a target for someone who wants to prove just how hazardous smoking can be. If Nick isn't careful he's going to be stubbed out.