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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kozlowski, Lynn T.
Otros Autores: Henningfield, Jack E., Brigham, Janet
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, ©2001.
Colección:Behavioral medicine and health psychology series ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why biobehavioral? : why cigarettes, nicotine, and health?
  • The history of the use of nicotine : a tasty wonder drug for many, if not all, occasions
  • Who smokes and what kills them
  • What nicotine does to the body
  • The natural history of a dependence disorder
  • Tobacco use as nicotine addiction
  • Smoking, drinking, and drug-taking : a biobehavioral syndrome
  • "Low-tar," "light" cigarettes : lessons from a dangerous boondoggle
  • Helping smokers quit
  • Tobacco, public health, and policy.