Fast Facts: Smoking Cessation (eBook)

Saul Shiffman, Robert West (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016 | 3. Auflage
96 Seiten
Health Press Limited (Verlag)
978-1-910797-18-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In Fast Facts: Smoking Cessation, you will find all the information you need on smoking, tobacco addiction and how best to treat the addiction.

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Cigarette smoking is one of the most significant preventable causes of death and illness in the world. Given the wide-ranging effects smoking has on many disease processes, it is essential that clinicians understand: the short- and long-term effects of smoking on the body the benefits of smoking cessation why smokers find it difficult to stop the role of clinicians in promoting and supporting smoking cessation the treatments available to help smokers overcome their addiction. Fast Facts: Smoking Cessation meets these needs: here, in one place, you will find all the information you need on smoking, tobacco addiction and how best to treat the addiction. Ultimately, the best reason for reading this book is to help your patients who smoke to change their behavior for the better and sustainably. Every GP and support clinic will benefit from this edition, filled with tips, advice and treatment aids for the clinical team.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.4.2016
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
• Schlagworte: addiction • economic • Nicotine • Psychological • Smoking cessation • smoking patterns • Social
• ISBN-10: 1-910797-18-9 / 1910797189
• ISBN-13: 978-1-910797-18-1 / 9781910797181