An anthology of stories and essays on smoking, how people start, why they do it and the pleasures it offers. One story describes a tobacco auction in Zimbabwe, a major producer. By the author of The Scorsese Connection.
The Smoking Book is a dreamlike structure built on the solid foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern, in an innovative, hybrid form of writing, muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays that connect,…
Background: Nicotine use is the greatest modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Despite decades of public health interventions, including tobacco-free policies, nicotine use rates remain unacceptably high in many areas of the United States.
BACKGROUND: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. Smoking can lead to cancer, heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, and other serious disease processes. Low socioeconomic populations (i.e. homeless individuals) are more at risk to start smoking at a young age, smok…
Describes the downside and risks of abusing alcohol and tobacco and the many health risks associated with these drugs.
Explains about alcohol and tobacco, the downside of alcohol and tobacco use, effects on the body, why people become addicted, dangers and legal consequences, and more.
Matt Mernagh's Marijuana Smoker's Guidebook is the ultimate field guide for marijuana. Featuring 180 commercially-available cannabis strains from across the world, this book shows and tells you how to identify and enjoy the buds you've got, the buds you want and the buds you mig…
This study examined the relationship between the personal and environmental factors of parental and peer tobacco use behaviors, psychological factors of self-esteem, health risk action of experimentation of tobacco use, and different forms of tobacco use and narghile use among Y…