1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711527703321

Titolo

An independent fleet assessment of the U.S. Navy : hearing before the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session : hearing held March 8, 2017

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 71 pages)

Soggetti

Warships - United States

Shipbuilding - United States - Costs

Armed Forces - Appropriations and expenditures

Armed Forces - Planning

Armed Forces - Procurement

Shipbuilding - Costs

Warships

Legislative hearings.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"H.A.S.C. no. 115-13."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955654203321

Autore

Kozlowski Lynn T

Titolo

Cigarettes, nicotine, & health : a biobehavioral approach / / Lynn T. Kozlowski, Jack E. Henningfield, Janet Brigham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, c2001

ISBN

9780803959460

080395946X

9781452232669

1452232660

9781452264325

1452264325

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 192 p.) : ill

Collana

Behavioral medicine & health psychology series ; ; v. 5

Behavioral medicine and health psychology series ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

HenningfieldJack E

BrighamJanet

Disciplina

616.86/5071

Soggetti

Tobacco - Physiological effect

Tobacco - Psychological aspects

Nicotine - Physiological effect

Clinical health psychology

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 (p. 159-174) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Why Biobehavioral? Why Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health?; Chapter 2: The History of the Use of Nicotine: A Tasty Wonder Drug for Many, if Not All, Occasions; Chapter 3: Who Smokes and What Kills Them; Chapter 4: What Nicotine Does to the Body; Chapter 5: The Natural History of a Dependence Disorder; Chapter 6: Tobacco Use as Nicotine Addiction; Chapter 7: Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Taking: A Biobehavioral Syndrome; Chapter 8: ""Low-Tar,"" ""Light"" Cigarettes: Lessons from a Dangerous Boondoggle; Chapter 9: Helping Smokers Quit

Chapter 10: Tobacco, Public Health, and PolicyReferences; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

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.