Chapter 1. Tobacco Use in Australia: Tobacco; Tobacco consumption; Aussie smoking and drinking image fading; Statistics on smoking; Global smoking statistics; Lung cancer surges as killer of women; Cigarettes - what's in them; What's in a cigarette?; Passive smoking - the facts; Tobacco and the law; Court blow to smokers' class action; US payout reignites tobacco fight. -- Chapter 2. Tobacco Advertising and Young Smokers: Tobacco marketing strategies; World first tobacco control legislation passed; Tobacco advertising; A lucky strike for the baccy firms; Product placement; Tobacco sales to minors; Children and tobacco; Youth smoking drops and mobiles get credit; Parents blamed for teen smokers; Child smokers hooked early. -- Chapter 3. Quitting: Addiction; Ten facts about smoking; Health benefits of quitting smoking; Smoking - the inside story; What the packet doesn't tell you; So ... why would anyone want to smoke?; Quitting smoking is harder than giving up heroin!; Quit at 50 and still beat cancer; Nicotine replacement therapy explained; Health warning on smoking drug; Illness strikes after quit drug; Quitting - taking control; Ready set quit; You can quit. -- Glossary; Facts and Figures; Index; Further Resources
Summary
This book covers statistics involving the latest trends in tobacco smoking in Australia and globally; the health impacts of smoking; the effects of passive smoking; legal restrictions on the advertising, supply and use of tobacco, as well as recent lawsuits against tobacco companies; tobacco advertising - the use of the media in targeting young people. There is also comprehensive information on tobacco addiction and extensive advice on how to quit smoking. Smoking is a totally new update of Volume 82 of Issues for the Nineties (only the title is the same)
