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Quit Smoking Weapons of Mass Distraction /
Since the 1950s when theevidence on smoking causing serious, fatal diseases began consolidating, hundreds of millions of smokers have quit. Overwhelmingly, the great majorityquit unassisted without any professional or pharmaceutical help. But from thelate 1970s, massive campaigns have urged smokers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sydney :
Sydney University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Public and social policy series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since the 1950s when theevidence on smoking causing serious, fatal diseases began consolidating, hundreds of millions of smokers have quit. Overwhelmingly, the great majorityquit unassisted without any professional or pharmaceutical help. But from thelate 1970s, massive campaigns have urged smokers not to go the cold turkeyroute and instead take nicotine replacement therapy, prescribed drugs and mostrecently, to vape. Simon Chapman is a veteran researcher, a global publichealth advocate and an Australian Skeptic of the Year. In this book he analysesthe relentless push to medicalise and commodif. |
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| Notas: | All smokers should use NRT: a promotional case study |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (359 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-353) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781743328545 1743328540 9781743328590 1743328591 9781743328538 1743328532 |
| Acceso: | National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries |