Tobacco /by Carol Hand ; content consultant, Brandon Henderson, PHD (Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University).

Hand, Carol, 1945-

Tobacco /by Carol Hand ; content consultant, Brandon Henderson, PHD (Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University). - Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, (c)2019. - 1 online resource : color illustrations. - Drugs in real life .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Ch. 1. Tobacco or no tobacco? -- chapter 2. What is tobacco? -- chapter 3. Tobacco in America -- chapter 4. Tobacco and cancer -- chapter 5. Tobacco and respiratory disease -- chapter 6. Tobacco and circulatory disease -- chapter 7. Tobacco and other health problems -- chapter 8. Social and legal Implications -- chapter 9. Quitting smoking.

This book explores the history of tobacco, its effects on the body, government policies toward it, and ways that users can quit. A glossary of key words, an index, Infographics, informative sidebars, and reviewed sources for further research are also provided.



9781532154041 9781532153112

2019724450


Tobacco products--Juvenile literature.
Nicotine addiction--Juvenile literature.
Tobacco use--Health aspects--Juvenile literature.
Drug control--United States--Juvenile literature.
Tobacco products.
Nicotine addiction.
Tobacco use--Health aspects.
Drug control.


Electronic Books.

HV5735 / .T633 2019