Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health: A Biobehavioral Approach

by Jack E. Henningfield, Lynn T. Kozlowski, Janet Brigham

Book Overview

When smokers inhale smoke into their lungs, they take the drug nicotine into their bodies and brains, where it affects how the smokers feel and act. When smokers display their cigarettes, they are saying something symbolic and personal about themselves. And when smokers smoke, they put themselves at risk, often knowingly, of early disability or death.

Smoking is one of the world′s most pressing public health problems. Cigarettes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803959478
• ISBN13: 9780803959477
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"