Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic

Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24–28 August 1997, Beijing, China

Rushan Lu, Judith Mackay, Shiru Niu, Richard Peto (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

998 Seiten

2000
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85233-296-9 (ISBN)

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Tobacco is causing a worldwide epidemic of premature death and disability, affecting first men and then women in developed countries, and now increasingly affecting developing countries. This text contains the proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health.

This book contains the full proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, held 24-28 August 1997 in Beijing, China, and hosted by the Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and the Chinese Medical Association.
Tobacco is now causing a worldwide epidemic of premature death and disability, affecting first men and then women in developed countries, and now increasingly affecting developing countries. The theme "Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic" was chosen to reflect the increasingly global nature of the problem.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.7.2000
Zusatzinfo	10 Illustrations, black and white; XXVIII, 998 p. 10 illus.
Verlagsort	England
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-85233-296-4 / 1852332964
ISBN-13	978-1-85233-296-9 / 9781852332969
Zustand	Neuware