03291nam 2200697 a 450 991080964030332120200520144314.01-282-07425-3978661207425781-224-2649-2(CKB)1000000000719025(EBL)424099(OCoLC)476264148(SSID)ssj0000675108(PQKBManifestationID)11396006(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675108(PQKBWorkID)10668902(PQKB)10144029(MiAaPQ)EBC424099(Au-PeEL)EBL424099(CaPaEBR)ebr10318672(EXLCZ)99100000000071902520091010d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTobacco use health and behaviour /R.C. Jiloha1st ed.New Delhi New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers20081 online resource (405 p.)Description based upon print version of record.81-224-2250-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. History of Tobacco Use: New World's Revenge; Chapter 2. Global Trends in Tobacco Use; Chapter 3. Tobacco: Cultivation, Curing and Commerce; Chapter 4. Nicotine: Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism and Pharmacodynamics; Chapter 5. Addiction Model: Tobacco Use as Drug Dependence; Chapter 6. People at Risk: Initiation and Maintenance of Tobacco Use; Chapter 7. Women and Children: Victims of Passive Smoking; Chapter 8. Tobacco use and Medical Morbidity; Chapter 9. Tobacco Use in Psychiatric PatientsChapter 10. Smoking-Cessation and Treatment of Tobacco DependenceChapter 11. Tobacco Control in India; Chapter 12. Tobacco Use:2020 and Beyond; IndexAbout the Book: Smoking is injurious to health. It has been estimated that about 1.3 billion are addicted to smoking and unless steps are taken to make people aware of the growing menace, 650 million people are likely to die prematurely due to the extensive use of tobacco. The book, Tobacco Use: Health and Behaviour, in twelve chapters, deals with a wide range of issues concerning its cultivation and its impact on the health of its users. It provides a critical test for our concepts of reality; discusses how it has assumed political, economic and medical importance since its introduction; Tobacco useHealth aspectsIndiaNicotine addictionTreatmentIndiaSmoking cessationIndiaTobacco useHealth aspectsNicotine addictionTreatmentSmoking cessationTobacco useHealth aspectsNicotine addictionTreatmentSmoking cessationTobacco useHealth aspects.Nicotine addictionTreatment.Smoking cessation.158613.8/5616.865Jiloha R. C1649994MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809640303321Tobacco use3999109UNINA