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

• Autore: Kozlowski Lynn T
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 192 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 616.865071
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cigarettes, nicotine, & health
• ISBN: 0-8039-5946-X; 1-4522-3266-0; 1-4522-6432-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791721903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology