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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457129703321

Autore

West Robert

Titolo

Fast facts [[electronic resource] ] : smoking cessation / / Robert West, Saul Shiffman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxford, : Health Press Ltd., 2007

ISBN

1-280-97467-2

9786610974672

1-905832-32-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 p.)

Collana

Fast facts

Altri autori (Persone)

ShiffmanSaul

Disciplina

616.86506

Soggetti

Smoking cessation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Title page; Bibliographic data; Contents; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter 1: Cigarettes as a nicotine delivery system; Chapter 2: Smoking patterns; Chapter 3: Social, psychological and economic influences on smoking; Chapter 4: Effects of smoking and smoking cessation; Chapter 5: Addiction to cigarettes; Chapter 6: The clinician and smoking; Chapter 7: Treatments to aid smoking cessation; Chapter 8: Future trends; Useful resources; Biographies and disclosures; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Smoking has wide range-ranging effects on many disease processes, and it is essential that healthcare professionals clearly understand.