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Tobacco or health? Physiological and social damages caused by tobacco smoking

Tobacco Control Policy Research Network; slhamann@hotmail.com

By K-O Haustein, Springer-Verlag, 2002, 446 pages, US $99, ISBN: 3540440313 (translated from the German original)

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Tobacco or health?
Writing a single volume on the most researched topic in biomedical history is no small undertaking. Numerous volumes on specific disease consequences of smoking have been published by medical authors from around the world. But I know of no comprehensive review that does as thorough a job as this book. In 14 central chapters, the author thoroughly reviews the literature on a wide and growing list of subjects related to tobacco use and its consequences. Though the author is clearly aiming the book at clinicians and medically literate readers, the directness of the content with plentiful figures and tables helps to keep the sections in each chapter concise.

The author clearly has a pharmacological background and the text is sponsored by Pharmacia, makers of Nicorette. Though chapters 4, 10, and 11 reflect this emphasis, . . . [Full text of this article]