| Description |
1 online resource (133 pages) |
| Series |
European Respiratory Monograph ; v. 42 |
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European respiratory monograph.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Guest editor; Preface; Chapter 1 -- European Respiratory Society activities for a smoke-free Europe; Chapter 2 -- The role of chest physicians in tobacco control: a historical perspective. From health education in school to smoking cessation in hospitals; Chapter 3 -- Smoking cessation in public health and in clinical practice: two difference perspectives for the chest physician; Chapter 4 -- The costs of smoking and the economics of smoking cessation; Chapter 5 -- Review of current smoking cessation guidelines; Chapter 6 -- Assessment of the patient |
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Chapter 14 -- Surgery and smoking cessationStatements of interest; Previously published |
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Chapter 7 -- The stage-of-change model in smoking cessation in respiratory patients: does it need to be revisited?Chapter 8 -- How to communicate with the smoking patient; Chapter 9 -- Psychological and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation; Chapter 10 -- Pharmacological treatment for smoking cessation; Chapter 11 -- Organising a network for smoking cessation: the role of general practitioners; Chapter 12 -- The effect of active and passive smoking on inhaled drugs in respiratory patients; Chapter 13 -- Lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomographic scanning and smoking habits |
| Summary |
Smoking has been practised for more than 7,000 years and is today the most common form of drug abuse worldwide. The use of tobacco seems to have started in South America and was brought to Europe in the 16th century and was, after that, spread out into most major societies within the next 100 years. Today, there are more than one billion smokers worldwide. There is no doubt that smoking poses the greatest single individual risk factor for premature death. It is alarming to note that, among the five highest risk factors for premature death in 2020, four are closely related to tobacco smoking. It is with sadness, but not surprise, that one can establish the fact that two of these four causes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer, are to be found within the field of pulmonary medicine |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1904097782 |
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9781904097785 |
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