Full Description
Smoking tobacco presents serious social problems with major impacts on public health. It is estimated that 25-30% of the general population in western countries are currently smoking. Tobacco use is the major preventable cause of death in the United States, responsible for more than 400,000 deaths annually. Within the USA and Europe, 70% of all smokers have tried to quit smoking at least once, but only about 6% of these succeeded in maintaining abstinence. This book covers the latest nicotine-related research. The selection of chapters has a certain unity as physiologic, pathologic and psychological themes run through the book and supply the logical connections between the various authors. This work is intended as a contribution to the reversal of the current tobacco epidemic and thereby to preventing many of the deaths attributable to tobacco predicted in this century.
Contents
Preface; Dedication; Nicotine Addiction & TreatmentSerotonin-Dopamine interaction in Nicotine Addiction: Focus on 5-HT2C Receptors; Defining the Role of the Hippocampus in Nicotine Addiction; Nicotine, Neurodegeneration & Neuroprotection in Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Stress as a Risk Factor for Transition to Heightened Nicotine Intake in a Rat Model of Nicotine Self-Administration; Smoking, Nicotine & Depression: A Review; New Psychological Approaches in Nicotine Addiction; Cognitive Consequences of Adolescent and Adult Nicotine Exposure: Utility of Animal Models.NER(01): GB IE
