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Tobacco use [[electronic resource] ] : health and behaviour / / R.C. Jiloha



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Autore: Jiloha R. C Visualizza persona
Titolo: Tobacco use [[electronic resource] ] : health and behaviour / / R.C. Jiloha Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Delhi, : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (405 p.)
Disciplina: 158
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Soggetto topico: Tobacco use - Health aspects - India
Nicotine addiction - Treatment - India
Smoking cessation - India
Tobacco use - Health aspects
Nicotine addiction - Treatment
Smoking cessation
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Patients
Chapter 10. Smoking-Cessation and Treatment of Tobacco DependenceChapter 11. Tobacco Control in India; Chapter 12. Tobacco Use:2020 and Beyond; Index
Sommario/riassunto: About 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;
Titolo autorizzato: Tobacco use  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-07425-3
9786612074257
81-224-2649-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782616903321
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