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
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and indexes
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