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Supporting Tobacco Cessation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 327

Supporting Tobacco Cessation

This Monograph provides a comprehensive overview of tobacco cessation, from health policy to patient care. Broad in scope, this state-of-the art collection is broken down into four sections: the changing landscape of the tobacco epidemic and challenges to curb it; treatment of tobacco dependence (pharmacotherapy, behavioural support); improving the care of patients with particular conditions who smoke (asthma, COPD, TB, cardiovascular diseases, etc.); and prevention. It also deals with some of the more controversial topics such as e-cigarettes and web applications. Readers will gain an understanding of how to implement smoking cessation into their everyday practice, but will also expand their knowledge about the policy and systems changes needed for population-wide smoking cessation.

ERS Handbook of Respiratory Medicine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 891

ERS Handbook of Respiratory Medicine

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) Handbook of Respiratory Medicine, now in its third edition, is a concise, compact and easy-to-read guide to each of the key areas in respiratory medicine. Its 20 sections, written by clinicians and researchers at the forefront of the field, explain the structure and function of the respiratory system, its disorders and how to treat them. The Handbook is a must-have for anyone who intends to remain up to date in the field, and to have within arm's reach a reference that covers everything from the basics to the latest developments in respiratory medicine.

Smoke Signals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 408

Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals gathers 71 of Professor Simon Chapman’s authoritative, acerbic and often heretical essays written in newspapers, blogs and research journals across his 40-year career. They cover major developments and debates in tobacco control, public health ethics, cancer screening, gun control and panics about low risk agents like wi-fi, mobile phone towers and wind turbines. This collection is an essential guide to the landscape of many key debates in contemporary public health. It will be invaluable to public health students and practitioners, while remaining compelling reading for all interested in health policy. When is Simon Chapman the academic, intellectual, self-appointed chief wo...

Die Information im europäischen Lebensmittelrecht unter Berücksichtigung der Verhaltenswissenschaften
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 472

Die Information im europäischen Lebensmittelrecht unter Berücksichtigung der Verhaltenswissenschaften

  • Categories: Law

Die Information steht im Zentrum des europäischen Lebensmittelrechts und der Regulierung der Ernährung. Patrick Schultes zeichnet in dieser Arbeit den Entstehungs- und Konkretisierungskontext sowie die Entwicklung der Lebensmittelinformation – vor allem in Bezug auf ihre rechtliche Ausgestaltung – nach. Dabei analysiert er die Verschiebung von einer maßgeblich informationsökonomisch geprägten Bedeutung der Lebensmittelinformation hin zum Einsatz als genuin ernährungs- und gesundheitspolitisches Instrument. In diesem Zusammenhang wird das Einflusspotential verhaltenswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse auf die (europäische) Gesetzgebung dargelegt. Zudem stellt die Arbeit Bezüge zur Individualisierung und Verantwortungsübertragung sowie zu Foucaults Biogouvernementalität her.

The ESC Textbook of Preventive Cardiology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 369

The ESC Textbook of Preventive Cardiology

"EACPR, European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation -- European Society of Cardiology."

Quit Smoking Weapons of Mass Distraction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 290

Quit Smoking Weapons of Mass Distraction

Who keeps telling smokers they can’t quit without help? For decades there have been far more ex-smokers than smokers, and an estimated 75% of smokers quit without drugs or professional help. But smoking cessation is a global phenomenon serviced by multibillion-dollar industries, including the pharmaceutical and e-cigarette sectors and health professionals. These industries try to denigrate unassisted cessation and promote their products and services – “weapons of mass distraction” – as essential to successful quitting. This contributes to the medicalisation of a process that, before these products were available, had a natural history where drugs and expertise were absent, yet mill...

Food systems for an urbanizing world
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 176

Food systems for an urbanizing world

Food Systems for an Urbanizing World is a joint report prepared by the World Bank and FAO. It aims to stimulate discussion and suggest pathways to support local and national governments, and civil society and private sector actors in their efforts to improve the performance and capacity of food systems. The report describes the diversity and ever-changing nature of food systems, with interlinked traditional, modern and informal channels that respond to different market segments and different consumer preferences. It also underscores the importance of targeting support to the type of city and food system. The task is not an easy one. Data are weak and empirical analysis is weaker. As cities’ engagement in urban food issues is relatively new, the institutions, governance mechanisms and capacities needed for effective design, implementation and delivery of this agenda must be strengthened. Finding effective ways to prioritize, mobilize and coordinate contributions from multiple sectors will be essential for achieving food system goals.

Lung Diseases and Cancer
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 322

Lung Diseases and Cancer

The coexistence of lung disease and cancer in the same person is a frequent occurrence. Evidence suggests that this coexistence sometimes goes beyond chance; in fact, both disease types are associated and the presence of one can be a risk factor or a protective factor for the other. In this Monograph, the Guest Editors bring together renowned clinical and scientific experts to provide an exhaustive review of the bidirectional relationship between respiratory diseases and cancer (not just lung cancer). The chapters: explore the common causal pathways of cancer and lung disease; consider the diseases from an epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic point of view; and discuss the many ways in which they interact to influence patient management. The result is a book that will generate a better understanding of this relationship, giving rise to a greater awareness of the possible development of lung disease in people with cancer, and of the different types of cancer that are frequently seen in those with lung diseases.

Inequalities in Respiratory Health
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Inequalities in Respiratory Health

Health inequalities have long been deeply engrained in society. If we are to address these inequalities, we need to reflect on what has driven them, and critically review the approaches that do and do not work. This Monograph brings together leading experts and up-and-coming researchers, in a collection of state-of-the-art articles, discussing the drivers and consequences of respiratory inequality.

Sugar, Rum and Tobacco
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 65

Sugar, Rum and Tobacco

Can a sugar tax improve public health? Even if it can, is it the right thing to do? One of New Zealand’s foremost health scientists, Mike Berridge, teams up with tax expert Lisa Marriott to explore the issue. This BWB Text explains the relationship between sugar and ill-health, and explores how taxes can reduce people’s sugar intake. It draws on research and case studies from around the world, including Denmark, Mexico and the Pacific. With New Zealand now the third most obese nation in the OECD, Berridge and Marriott’s discussion is a timely addition to a contentious debate.