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Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic Rushan Lu

Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic By Rushan Lu

Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic by Rushan Lu


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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.

Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic Summary

Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic: Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24-28 August 1997, Beijing, China by Rushan Lu

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.

Table of Contents

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.

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GOR012432946
9781852332969
1852332964
Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic: Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24-28 August 1997, Beijing, China by Rushan Lu
Used - Very Good
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Springer London Ltd
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