| Description |
xxii, 190 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword: Cigarettes: The Undisclosed Medical Risks / Elizabeth M. Whelan -- Preface / William M. London -- Introduction: The Leading Cause of Preventable Death / Kristine Napier -- Ch. 1. Smoking and Lung Disease -- Ch. 2. Oncology: Smoking and Cancer Risk -- Ch. 3. Smoking and Heart Disease -- Ch. 4. Smoking and Peripheral Vascular Disease -- Ch. 5. Smoking and the Skin -- Ch. 6. Smoking and Surgical Risk -- Ch. 7. Smoking and Orthopedic Problems -- Ch. 8. Smoking and Rheumatologic Conditions -- Ch. 9. Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Pediatric Illnesses -- Ch. 10. Smoking and Complications in Obstetrics and Gynecology -- Ch. 11. Smoking and Urology: Male Infertility and Sexuality Dysfunctions -- Ch. 12. Smoking and Neurological Disorders -- Ch. 13. Psychiatry: Smoking, the Brain and Behavior -- Ch. 14. Otolaryngology: Abnormalities of the Ears, Nose and Throat Associated with Smoking -- Ch. 15. Smoking and the Eyes -- Ch. 16. Smoking and Oral Health |
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Ch. 17. Smoking and the Endocrine System -- Ch. 18. Smoking and Gastrointestinal Diseases -- Ch. 19. Smoking and the Immune System -- Ch. 20. Smoking and Emergency Medicine -- Afterword: Tobaccosis, A Twentieth-Century Catastrophe / Reimert Thorolf Ravenholt |
| Summary |
Explains clearly and honestly how cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death |
| Notes |
Originally published: New York : American Council on Science and Health, 1996 |
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Previous ed. catalogued under Napier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Smoking -- Health aspects.
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Tobacco -- Toxicology.
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| Author |
Whelan, Elizabeth M.
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American Council on Science and Health.
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| LC no. |
97022232 |
| ISBN |
1573921580 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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