Smoking: Health Effects, Psychological Aspects and Cessation (Public Health in the 21st Century)

This book presents current research in the study of the health effects, psychological aspects and cessation techniques of smoking. Topics discussed in this compilation include the vascular morphological changes related to smoking; the physiological consequences of smoking cessation benefits for the respiratory and cardiovascular systems; how weather might affect smoking related health behaviours; adolescent smoking and health research; and, predictors of smoking cessation in a population of pregnant smokers.