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.