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

• Autore: Kozlowski Lynn T
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 192 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 616.86/5071
• Soggetto topico: Tobacco - Physiological effect; Tobacco - Psychological aspects; Nicotine - Physiological effect; Clinical health psychology
• Altri autori: HenningfieldJack E BrighamJanet
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Cigarettes, nicotine, and health
• Titolo autorizzato: Cigarettes, nicotine, & health
• ISBN: 9780803959460; 080395946X; 9781452232669; 1452232660; 9781452264325; 1452264325
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808816103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology