Smoking and Illicit Drug Use - Hardcover

Stimmel, Barry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789005077 ISBN 13: 9780789005076

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

In Smoking and Illicit Drug Use, you'll see why smoking, specifically among teenagers, has plateaued and increased since 1981. You'll also find in this current compilation an accumulation of knowledge dealing with the mechanistic functions of nicotine dependence, data showing the prevelance of nicotine addiction among users of mood-altering drugs, and the most efficacious ways to address this complex form of substance dependency.

Smoking and Illicit Drug Use is a timely and much-needed source of current medical information. Overall, it will help you see the biological basis for nicotine dependence, the similarities between nicotine dependence and heroin and cocaine dependence, and the effects this type of dependence can have on human behavior. More importantly, you'll find these topics thoroughly covered:

• the rationale for use of pharmacological therapy for nicotine dependence
• the association between cigarette smoking and major depression
• the relationship between heavy smokers and patients with psychiatric disorders
• the prevelance of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use in populations treated by primary care physicians
• the commitment needed to create and maintain a smoke-free inpatient environment
  
  Smoking kills more patients than those killed by heroin and cocaine addictions combined each year. Hence, the immediate need for the information contained in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use. So if you're interested in uncovering the biological basis for cigarette smoking and creating ways to develop new approaches for treatment, get a copy and find out for yourself how you can succeed in facilitating the complex phenomenon of smoking cessation.

About this title

Synopsis

Offers current information on the biological basis for nicotine addiction and the relationship between nicotine addiction and illicit drug use. Topics include cigarette smoking and depression, caffeine and nicotine use in an addicted population, epidemiology and treatment of comorbid and alcohol addiction, and incorporating nicotine dependence into

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0789005077
• ISBN 13: 9780789005076
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 146