Smoking : health effects, psychological aspects and cessation / Itsuki Hayashi, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayashi, Itsuki.

Series:

Public health in the 21st century series.

Public health in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco--Toxicology.

Tobacco.

Smoking--Health aspects.

Smoking.

Tobacco--Physiological effect.

Tobacco--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents current research in the study of the health effects, psychological aspects and cessation techniques of smoking. Topics discussed in this compilation include the vascular morphological changes related to smoking; the physiological consequences of smoking cessation benefits for the respiratory and cardiovascular systems; how weather might affect smoking related health behaviors; adolescent smoking and health research and predictors of smoking cessation in a population of pregnant smokers.

Contents:

Vascular Morphological Smoking-Related Changes : From Bench to Bedside / R. Rezzani and L. F. Rodella

Tabaquism : From Laboratory to Society / M. C. Talío, M. O. Luconiand L. P. Fernández

Physiological Consequences of Smoking Cessation Benefits for Respiratory and Cardiovascular System / Christina Gratziou and N.Rovina

Does Weather Affect Health Behaviors? Evidence from Temperature and Cigarette Smoking / Feng Liu and Xuan Yin

Teenage Smoking : What are the Main Issues? / Said Shahtahmasebi

Predictors of Smoking Cessation in a Population of Pregnant Smokers in a National Database from 2004 to 2006 / Anne-Laurence Le Faou, Monique Baha and Nicolas Rodon.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61470-760-X

OCLC:

847617154