Thank You for Smoking

Meet Nick Naylor, the charmingly amoral chief spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies, an organization dedicated to defending—and, subtly, promoting—the tobacco industry. Nick's gift lies in his ability to spin any argument, no matter how indefensible, into a seemingly logical defense, making him a media darling and a magnet for both adoration and outrage. As he navigates the cutthroat world of Washington D.C., public relations, and late-night talk shows, Naylor finds himself a target for anti-tobacco activists, the FBI, and even the industry's own internal machinations. Christopher Buckley's 'Thank You for Smoking' is a brilliantly sharp and darkly humorous satire that exposes the absurdities of corporate lobbying, political posturing, and the never-ending battle for public opinion in a country where pleasure and peril are constantly at odds.