Cigarettes, nicotine, & health a biobehavioral approach
Smoking is one of the world's most pressing public health problems. This up-to-date work reviews the severe problems caused by smoking and examines individual and public health approaches to reducing smoking and its attendant health problems.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage
c2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Behavioral medicine and health psychology series ;
v. 5 Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798331306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Why Biobehavioral? Why Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health?; Chapter 2: The History of the Use of Nicotine: A Tasty Wonder Drug for Many, if Not All, Occasions; Chapter 3: Who Smokes and What Kills Them; Chapter 4: What Nicotine Does to the Body; Chapter 5: The Natural History of a Dependence Disorder; Chapter 6: Tobacco Use as Nicotine Addiction; Chapter 7: Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Taking: A Biobehavioral Syndrome; Chapter 8: ""Low-Tar,"" ""Light"" Cigarettes: Lessons from a Dangerous Boondoggle; Chapter 9: Helping Smokers Quit
- Chapter 10: Tobacco, Public Health, and PolicyReferences; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors
