Nicotine Addiction: Principles and Management [Hardcover]

C. Tracy Orleans (Editor), John Slade (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0195064410 | ISBN-13: 978-0195064414

Despite persistent warnings from the medical profession about the health risks involved in cigarette smoking, millions of people continue to smoke cigarettes. With contributions from renowned experts, this ground-breaking work defines and explains nicotine addiction as a primary problem or disease, instead of as a habit or risk factor for other diseases. A comprehensive, clinical text on tobacco dependence, this book provides clinicians with essential information on how to diagnose and treat nicotine addicted patients. It also offers the medical, epidemiological and behavioral science backgrounds necessary for understanding the process and dynamics of tobacco dependence. Following the traditional format of medical texts, the book first covers etiology, pathogenesis and complications, then diagnosis and treatment, and finally public health and prevention. Part One presents an overview of the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to nicotine dependence including such topics as a description of nicotine delivery systems, psychopharmacology, economics, natural history and epidemiology, mortality, morbidity, and environmental tobacco smoke exposure. The second part offers practical guidelines and tools for treating nicotine dependence and describes a stepped-care treatment model with brief interventions that can be easily integrated into routine medical practice. This section also covers the role of psychopharmacologic and formal treatment programs, the treatment of smokeless tobacco addiction, and treating nicotine dependence in pregnant women and in people with medical illnesses, other chemical dependencies, or psychiatric disorders. The last section focuses on worksite and community intervention programs and summarizes the research on smoking patterns and history in women, Blacks, Hispanics, youth, and older adults, and shows how intervention and prevention programs could be made more effective in these groups. Written by the nation's leading tobacco control researchers and clinicians, this important work contains new and critical information not previously available.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A well-written textbook....The recommendations in the management sections of Nicotine Addiction are based on empirical data. Thus, one major strength of this book is that clinicians can easily find data-based answers to most of their questions. Another asset is that most sections are clearly written and not overly technical....In summary, I know of no other well-done textbook on smoking. If clinicians, behavioral scientists, public health workers, health care administrators, and legislators want to know more about smoking than they will learn by reading a single review chapter, of if they want a reference book on the topic, then this is the book to purchase." -- John R. Hughes, M.D., The New England Journal of Medicine

"An important addition to the addictions field....Represents a valuable contribution to the field. Physicians and addictions counselors who had the usual instruction in nicotine dependence while in training-none at all-will benefit from reading it." --Terry A. Rustin, MD, ASAM News

"This authoritative text on tobacco dependence draws together the new understanding about nicotine addiction, ranging from the pharmacological and the clinical to the economic and the historical....This important book provides ample cautionary evidence to anyone tempted to propose the legalization of currently illegal drugs as a way to reduce the social costs of any addictive drug." --Robert L. DuPont, MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine, JAMA

"A thorough reference book that sets the standard for work in nicotine addiction."--Professor Jasjit S. Ahluwali, Emory University

"Overall, this is a unique, comprehensive textbook that not only achieves its stated goals but also goes well beyond them in terms of its appeal to a broad audience of students and professionals in psychology, medicine, and public health. The overall depth and breadth of scholarship and the quality of both the basic science and the applications sections is outstanding."--Contemporary Psychology

About the Author

Carole Tracy Orleans, Ph.D., is Director of Tobacco Control Research at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. A clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral medicine, she is widely recognized for her expertise in the development ad evaluation of model nicotine addiction treatments for special populations and settings.
John Slade, M.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. An internist specializing in the clinical and public health aspects of addicition medicine, Dr. Slade is widely recognized for his work to improve the clnical management of nicotine dependence and for his advocacy of aggressive public health measures to control this disease.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 456 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (November 11, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195064410
• ISBN-13: 978-0195064414
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,081,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)