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Introduction
Chapter 1 Trends in the prevalence of smoking
Chapter 2 Trends in tobacco consumption
Chapter 3 The health effects of active smoking
Chapter 4 The health effects of secondhand smoke
Chapter 5 Factors influencing the uptake and prevention of smoking
Chapter 6 Addiction
Chapter 7 Smoking cessation
Chapter 8 Tobacco use among Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders
Chapter 9 Smoking and social disadvantage
Chapter 10 The tobacco industry in Australian society
Chapter 11 Tobacco advertising and promotion
Chapter 12 The construction and labelling of Australian cigarettes
Chapter 13 The pricing and taxation of tobacco products in Australia
Chapter 14 Social marketing and public education campaigns
Chapter 15 Smokefree environments
Chapter 16 Tobacco litigation in Australia
Chapter 17 The economics of tobacco control
Chapter 18 The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Appendix 1 Useful weblinks to tobacco resources
Chapter 3
The health effects of active smoking
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3.0
Background
3.1
Tobacco—a leading preventable cause of death and disease
3.2
Cardiovascular diseases
3.3
Lung cancer
3.4
Respiratory diseases
3.5
Other cancers caused by or associated with smoking
3.6
Reproductive health and smoking
3.7
Pregnancy and smoking
3.8
Infant health and smoking
3.9
Increased susceptibility to infection in smokers
3.10
Eye diseases
3.11
Dental diseases
3.12
Gastrointestinal diseases
3.13
Bone density and risk of fractures
3.14
Effects of smoking on the skin
3.15
Smoking and complications in medical treatment
3.16
Smoking and diabetes
3.17
Poorer levels of general health
3.18
Smoking, motor vehicle crashes and other injuries
3.19
Burns and fires caused by tobacco use
3.20
Tobacco poisoning
3.21
Health effects for younger smokers
3.22
Genetic influences on tobacco-caused disease
3.23
Smoking, dementia and cognitive decline
3.24
Lung disease, smoking and occupational exposures
3.25
Air pollution, cigarette smoking and ill health
3.26
Health effects of smoking brands that claim to deliver lower levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide
3.27
Health effects of smoking tobacco in other forms
3.28
Health 'benefits' of smoking?
3.29
Morbidity (ill health) attributable to tobacco-caused disease
3.30
Deaths attributable to tobacco by disease category
3.31
Morbidity and mortality due to tobacco-caused disease and socioeconomic disadvantage
3.32
Health effects of smoking other substances
3.33
Health effects of chewing tobacco, and of other smokeless tobacco products
3.34
Public perceptions of tobacco as a drug, and knowledge and beliefs about the health consequences of smoking
3.35
Health benefits of cessation
3.36
The global tobacco pandemic
Acknowledgments
References
Margaret Winstanley
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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Trends in the prevalence of smoking
Chapter 2
Trends in tobacco consumption
Chapter 3
The health effects of active smoking
Chapter 4
The health effects of secondhand smoke
Chapter 5
Factors influencing the uptake and prevention of smoking
Chapter 6
Addiction
Chapter 7
Smoking cessation
Chapter 8
Tobacco use among Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders
Chapter 9
Smoking and social disadvantage
Chapter 10
The tobacco industry in Australian society
Chapter 11
Tobacco advertising and promotion
Chapter 12
The construction and labelling of Australian cigarettes
Chapter 13
The pricing and taxation of tobacco products in Australia
Chapter 14
Social marketing and public education campaigns
Chapter 15
Smokefree environments
Chapter 16
Tobacco litigation in Australia
Chapter 17
The economics of tobacco control
Chapter 18
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Appendix 1
Useful weblinks to tobacco resources
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