| Description |
xi, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Behavioral medicine and health psychology series ; v. 5 |
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Behavioral medicine and health psychology series ; v. 5
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| Contents |
1. Why Bio-Behavioral? Why Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health? -- 2. The History of the Use of Nicotine: A Tasty Wonder Drug for Many, if not All, Occasions -- 3. Who Smokes and What Kills Them -- 4. What Nicotine Does to the Body -- 5. The Natural History of a Dependence Disorder -- 6. Tobacco Use as Nicotine Addiction -- 7. Smoking, Drinking, and Drug-taking: A Biobehavioral Syndrome -- 8. "Low-Tar," "Light" Cigarettes: Lessons from a Dangerous Boondoggle -- 9. Helping Smokers Quit -- 10. Smoking, Public Health, and Policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and indexes |
| Subject |
Nicotine -- Physiological aspects.
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Tobacco -- Physiological effect.
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Tobacco -- Psychological aspects.
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Clinical health psychology.
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Nicotine -- Physiological effect.
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| Author |
Henningfield, Jack E., author
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Brigham, Janet, author
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| LC no. |
2000012631 |
| ISBN |
0803959478 (papeback) |
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080395946X (cloth) |
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