Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic: Proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 24-28 August 1997, Beijing, China

by Rushan Lu, Judith Mackay, Shiru Niu, Richard Peto

Overview

This book contains the full proceedings of the Tenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, held 24-28 August 1997 in Beijing, China, and hosted by the Chinese Association on Smoking and Health and the Chinese Medical Association.

Tobacco is now causing a worldwide epidemic of premature death and disability, affecting first men and then women in developed countries, and now increasingly affecting developing countries. The theme "Tobacco: The Growing Epidemic" was chosen to reflect the increasingly global nature of the problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852332969
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	08/17/2000
Edition description:	1st Edition.
Pages:	998
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.08(d)

About the Author

Lu, Rushan, MD (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences); Mackay, Judith, MD; Niu, Shiru, MD, PhD; Peto, Richard, MD (Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford)

Table of Contents

I. The global epidemic.- 1. The growing epidemic.- 2. Studies on tobacco use.- The prevalence of tobacco use.- Mortality and morbidity due to tobacco use.- Tobacco and cancer.- Cardiovascular disease.- 3. Experimental studies on effects of tobacco.- Experimental animals.- Humans.- 4. Passive smoking.- Effects on children and young people.- 5. Tobacco and the environment.- 6. Tobacco addiction.- 7. Women and tobacco.- Prevalence and attitudes.- Health effects.- 8. Youth and tobacco.- Prevalence.- Attitudes.- Health effects.- 9. Tobacco and occupational health.- 10. Tobacco promotion.- 11. Tobacco economics.- 12. World trade and smuggling.- II. Stemming the epidemic.- 13. International and government options.- 14. Tobacco control programmes.- Regional and national.- Local.- Women.- Youth.- 15. Tobacco legislation and regulation.- Regulatory measures.- Smoke-Free areas.- Youth access.- 16. Economic measures to control tobacco use.- Taxation and pricing.- 17. Approaches to cessation.- Pharmacological methods.- Behavioural methods.- Methods for young people.- 18. Health education.- 19. Litigation.- 20. Lobbying, advocacy and use of mass media for tobacco control.- 21. The role of health professionals.- Practising health professionals.- Health-care students.- 22. Religion and tobacco.- 23. Discussants’ remarks.- Closing remarks.- Author index.