Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24–28 August 1997, Beijing, China /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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London :
Springer London : Imprint: Springer,
2000.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2000. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0769-9 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. The global epidemic
- 1. The growing epidemic
- 2. Studies on tobacco use
- The prevalence of tobacco use
- Mortality and morbidity due to tobacco use
- Tobacco and cancer
- Cardiovascular disease
- 3. Experimental studies on effects of tobacco
- Experimental animals
- Humans
- 4. Passive smoking
- Effects on children and young people
- 5. Tobacco and the environment
- 6. Tobacco addiction
- 7. Women and tobacco
- Prevalence and attitudes
- Health effects
- 8. Youth and tobacco
- Prevalence
- Attitudes
- Health effects
- 9. Tobacco and occupational health
- 10. Tobacco promotion
- 11. Tobacco economics
- 12. World trade and smuggling
- II. Stemming the epidemic
- 13. International and government options
- 14. Tobacco control programmes
- Regional and national
- Local
- Women
- Youth
- 15. Tobacco legislation and regulation
- Regulatory measures
- Smoke-Free areas
- Youth access
- 16. Economic measures to control tobacco use
- Taxation and pricing
- 17. Approaches to cessation
- Pharmacological methods
- Behavioural methods
- Methods for young people
- 18. Health education
- 19. Litigation
- 20. Lobbying, advocacy and use of mass media for tobacco control
- 21. The role of health professionals
- Practising health professionals
- Health-care students
- 22. Religion and tobacco
- 23. Discussants’ remarks
- Closing remarks
- Author index.