Why People Smoke

An Innovative Approach to Treating Tobacco Dependence

Frank T. Leone, Sarah Evers-Casey

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University of Pennsylvania Press
10 October 2023

Public health & preventive medicine; Addiction & therapy; Giving up smoking

"People have been using tobacco in a variety of forms for centuries. Remarkably, it was originally seen as something that could promote vigor and health. Of course, now we all know that tobacco use causes death and disability in epidemic proportions. If smoking is so bad for us, why in heaven's name would anyone still smoke?

Quite a bit has changed since tobacco first made the transition to a widely available agricultural product. Unfortunately, the general clinical approach to addressing this problem has failed to keep pace with tobacco technology and its addictive properties. People around the world who have fallen prey to the subtleties of nicotine addiction, or who care for those who have, would benefit from a deeper understanding of the ways in which nicotine can affect the brain's function and change behaviors over a lifetime. Why People Smoke breaks down the science of tobacco dependence and presents it in a way that is both easily understandable and clinically useful for anyone interested in helping people break free of nicotine's influence.

Why People Smoke is a first-of-its-kind clinical guide to treating tobacco dependence. The book helps readers make meaningful connections between tobacco's effects at the cellular level, the predictable behavioral manifestations of the disorder, and the social science and systems requirements required to make a fundamental impact on this disorder. Unlike previous publications like self-help books, step-by-step curricula, or clinical guidelines, Why People Smoke puts practical clinical insights-gained from twenty-five years of practice-into perspective, helping the reader understand how ""brain change"" translates into ""mind change"" and the persistent compulsion to smoke . . . despite a person's desperate desire to stop.

Reading Why People Smoke will change the way you see smoking forever."

By: Frank T. Leone, Sarah Evers-Casey
Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781512824773
ISBN 10: 1512824771
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 10 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frank Leone (Author) Frank T. Leone, MD, MS, is Director of the Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program and Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Sarah Evers-Casey (Author) Sarah Evers-Casey, MPH, is Associate Director of the Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program and Master Tobacco Treatment Specialist at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.