Tobacco or Health? Physiological and Social Damages Caused by Tobacco Smoking /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Haustein, Knut-Olaf (Συγγραφέας), Groneberg, David (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Έκδοση: 2nd.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

This book comprehensively summarizes the adverse effects of tobacco smoking on human health. The current second edition has integrated a large set of new data that have been published in numerous scientifc studies and meta-analyses over the past few years. Unfortunately, the harmful sequelae of toba...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• History of Tobacco
• Epidemiology of Tobacco Dependence
• Tobacco Constituents and Additives
• Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics of Nicotine
• Smoking and Lung Disease
• Cardiovascular Disease, Disturbances of Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
• Other Organ Systems
• Smoking and Pregnancy
• Passive Smoking
• Non-Drug Treatments to Promote Smoking Cessation
• Pharmacotherapy of Nicotine Dependence
• Primary Prevention
• Tobacco Industry, Advertising and Advertising Bans
• Society, Politics and the Tobacco Industry
• Appendix: Experiences from a Smoker Counselling Centre.