Understanding nicotine and tobacco addiction
By: [editors, Gregory Bock and Jamie Goode].
Contributors: Bock, Gregory.; Goode, Jamie.
Series: Novartis Foundation symposium -- 275
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester, UK; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780470016572
Subjects: Nicotine addiction -- Congresses.; Tobacco use -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses.; Tobacco use -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses.; Smoking cessation -- Congresses.; Tobacco Use Disorder.; Nicotine -- pharmacokinetics.; Nicotine -- pharmacology.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Covers the basic issues concerning the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking. Exploring the psychoydnamics of cigarette addiction, this book reviews the pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain. Italso covers various approaches to therapy, and discusses how best to treat nicotine addiction.
Notes: Symposium held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 17-19 May 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.