1st Edition

Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents

By Eric F Wagner Copyright 2000
130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

Catch up with current theories on a major public health menace! Adolescent smoking has increasingly become a concern as a public health issue, yet the theoretical and empirical literature in the area remains skimpy. Nicotine Addiction Among Adolescents furnishes researchers and medical professionals with a comprehensive overview of current theories and statistics. Moreover, it offers fresh... Read more
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Developing Treatment for Tobacco Addicted Youth--Issues and Challenges
  • Are Adolescent Smokers Addicted to Nicotine? The Suitability of the Nicotine Dependence Construct as Applied to Adolescents
  •  A Critical Evaluation of Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Teenage Smokers
  •  A Smoking Intervention for Substance Abusing Adolescents: Outcomes, Predictors of Cessation Attempts, and Post-Treament Substance Abuse Use
  • Smoking Among Teenage Girls
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Wagner, Eric F