Editing Joe Jackson (musician) (section)

==Other activities==
Jackson has actively campaigned against [[smoking ban]]s in both the United States and the United Kingdom, publishing a 2005 pamphlet (''The Smoking Issue'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forestonline.org/output/Page303.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508022124/http://www.forestonline.org/output/Page303.asp |archive-date=8 May 2008 |title=The Smoking Issue |date=8 May 2008 |access-date=10 April 2014}}</ref> and a 2007 essay (''Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State''),<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202083043/http://joejackson.com/smoke-lies.pdf|url=http://www.joejackson.com/smoke-lies.pdf|title=Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State|website=JoeJackson.com|archive-date=2 December 2012|access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> and recording a satirical song ("[[In 20-0-3]]") on the subject.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joejackson.com/forest.htm |title=Joe Jackson.com |website=Joe Jackson.com |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411231540/http://www.joejackson.com/forest.htm |archive-date=11 April 2010}}</ref>

Jackson's 1999 autobiography, ''A Cure for Gravity'', was described by him as a "book about music, thinly disguised as a memoir". It traces his working-class upbringing in Portsmouth and charts his musical life from childhood until his 24th birthday. According to Jackson, life as a pop star was hardly worth writing about.<ref name=":0">Jackson, Joe. ''A Cure for Gravity'', 1999, {{ISBN|1-86230-083-6}}</ref>