Nicotine
Subtitle: an old fashioned addiction
By: Jack E. Henningfield ; general editor, Miriam Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Miriam.
Edition: Updated.
Series: Encyclopedia of psychoactive drugs
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Smoking -- Juvenile literature; Tobacco use -- Juvenile literature; Nicotine -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Presents the latest information on the physical and psychological effects of smoking, the reasons people smoke, and the treatment for quitting this drug addiction.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 138-139.
Table of contents: title: Tobacco's past; title: What is in tobacco smoke?; title: Tobacco and health; title: Smoking, women, and pregnancy; title: The scientific study of cigarette smoking behavior; title: Effects of nicotine; title: Are tobacco and nicotine addicting?; title: Tobacco and the law; title: The treatment of cigarette smokers; title: Further help on quitting smoking; title: Appendixes.