The Tobacco Book - Softcover

David B. Moyer, MD

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865343829 ISBN 13: 9780865343825

Publisher: Sunstone Press, 2005

Synopsis

This comprehensive reference guide covers in 45 chapters all aspects of tobacco, with 5000 individual sources and citations with references encompassing the broad range of topics relating to tobacco. In addition to medical problems associated with tobacco, other areas covered include a detailed history of tobacco, pipes and cigars, smokeless tobacco, teen smoking, nicotine addiction and smoking cessation, women and tobacco, economic issues and taxation, and tobacco and the movies. As well, tobacco use worldwide is included in a 40 page international chapter, and there are sections on the tobacco industry, tobacco farmers, advertising, political and legal issues, and the cigarette smuggling problem. Health care workers, tobacco control advocates, and others interested in the field will find "The Tobacco Book" an invaluable reference resource for complete and comprehensive information on all aspects of tobacco and its use. David B. Moyer M.D., a retired Navy Medical Corps Captain, served for eight years as the Navy Surgeon General's designated advisor on tobacco and health issues. He is an allergist and associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and chief of allergy at the Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, California. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Medical School.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. David Moyer is retired from the United States Navy Medical Corps. He served for eight years as the Navy Surgeon General's designated advisor on tobacco and health issues. After his military medical career, Dr. Moyer served as an allergist and associate clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, and chief of the allergy diseases department at the Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, California. Dr. Moyer earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his M.D. at Yale University Medical School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865343829
• ISBN 13: 9780865343825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496