Life-course smoking behavior : patterns and national context in ten countries /

Despite efforts to curb tobacco use, global tobacco addiction remains as strong as ever. Smoking rates are declining very slowly in advanced countries, and they are increasing in the developing world. Yet, researchers still do not fully understand what drives smoking decisions. Life-Course Smoking B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lillard, Dean R. (Dean Reginald), 1959- (Editor ), Christopoulou, Rebekka (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Smoking > Health aspects.
Tobacco use > Health aspects.
Smoking > Epidemiology.
Cohort analysis.
Cross-cultural studies.
Behavior, Addictive > epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Tabagisme > Épidémiologie.
Analyse par cohorte.
Études transculturelles.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Cross-cultural studies
Cohort analysis
Smoking > Health aspects
Tobacco use > Health aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Despite efforts to curb tobacco use, global tobacco addiction remains as strong as ever. Smoking rates are declining very slowly in advanced countries, and they are increasing in the developing world. Yet, researchers still do not fully understand what drives smoking decisions. Life-Course Smoking Behavior presents smoking trajectories of different generations of women and men from ten of the world's most visible countries, with nation-specific representative samples spanning more than eighty years of recent history.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199389117
019938911X

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