Tobacco Use Health and Behaviour (Paperback)

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; magnitude of its use and its global trend; how the sophisticated, wealthy and powerful drug cartel, based on the western world, is dictating its availability in the developing countries; its effect and its addiction potential; and the treatment of tobacco cessation. It is a valuable book to understand the use of tobacco, and plan strategies to curb the growing menace. It is meant for students and practitioners of public health, community and preventive medicine, psychiatry, psychology and those involved in the study and planning in the field of addiction, particularly tobacco addiction. Contents: Introduction History of Tobacco Use: New Worlds Revenge Global Trends in Tobacco Use Tobacco: Cultivation, Curing and Commerce Nicotine: Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism and Pharmacodynamics Addiction Model: Tobacco Use as Drug Dependence People at Risk: Initiation and Maintenance of Tobacco Use Women and Children: Victims of Passive Smoking Tobacco Use and Medical Morbidity Tobacco Use in Psychiatric Patients Smoking-Cessation and Treatment of Tobacco Dependence Tobacco Control in India Tobacco Use: 2020 and Beyond Index

General

Imprint:	New Age International Pvt Ltd Publishers
Country of origin:	India
Release date:	December 2008
Authors:	R.C. Jiloha
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	404
ISBN-13:	978-81-224-2250-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > Health psychology Promotions
LSN:	81-224-2250-0
Barcode:	9788122422504

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