The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Nicotine Dependence: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to nicotine dependence, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on nicotine dependence. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Nicotine Dependence: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Nicotine Dependence; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Nicotine Dependence; Chapter 5. Patents on Nicotine Dependence; Chapter 6. Books on Nicotine Dependence; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Nicotine Dependence; Chapter 8. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 9. Dissertations on Nicotine Dependence; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix C. Researching Nutrition; Appendix D. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix E. Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; NICOTINE DEPENDENCE GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: chewing tobacco, cigar smoking, cigarette abuse, cigarette addiction, cigarette dependence, ciragette smoking, nicotine, nicotine abuse, nicotine addiction, tobacco abuse, tobacco addiction, tobacco dependence, tobacco smoking.