Fast Facts: Smoking Cessation
by Robert West, Saul Shiffman
Description
Cigarette smoking is one of the most significant preventable causes of death and illness in the world. It accounts for some 400,000 deaths in the USA and 100,000 in the UK annually. Globally, 4.9 million people die as a resulting each smoking each year. Nicotine dependence lies at the heart of smoking addiction, and health agencies and professional bodies are now focusing strongly on the role of clinical services in helping smokers to overcome this addiction.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- Cigarettes as a nicotine delivery system
- Smoking patterns
- Social, psychological and economic influences on smoking
- Effects of smoking and smoking cessation
- Addiction to cigarettes
- The clinician and smoking
- Treatments to aid smoking cessation
- Future trends
More Information
Endorsements
This is, quite simply, a terrific little book. Written by two highly respected figures in the field, it is a font of evidence-based wisdom. It should be on the bookshelves of every health professional who counsels smoking cessation.
- Medical Journal of Australia
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Health Press Limited
- Publication Date January 2007
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781903734988
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 15 GBP
- Pages84
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition2
- Dimensions8.2 x 5.9 inches
- Illustration29
- SeriesFast Facts
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