This book tells the fascinating story of the relationship of tobacco products to cancer, from the first discoveries to the present day cancer pandemic and regulatory activities. Although there are already excellent books and monographs on this topic, both in the popular press and as government summaries, none relate the scientific story at the level of non-specialist graduate and medical students, researchers, or educated popular science readers. In this book, with a primary focus on the United States, the editors — Stephen S Hecht and Dorothy K Hatsukami — bring together 24 renowned experts on the subject of tobacco and cancer to summarize specific aspects of this critical topic in relatively non-technical terms while also incorporating some personal insights related to the story of the discovery process. This highly authoritative book is also expected to be an excellent teaching tool and basis for a course for graduate and medical students on this important topic.
"This book tells the fascinating story of the relationship of tobacco products to cancer, from the first discoveries to the present day cancer pandemic and regulatory activities. Although there are already excellent books and monographs on this topic, both in the popular press and as government summaries, none relate the scientific story at the level of non-specialist graduate and medical students, researchers, or educated popular science readers. In this book, the editors bring together 24 renowned experts on the subject of tobacco and cancer to summarize specific aspects of this critical topic in relatively non-technical terms while also incorporating some personal insights related to the story of the discovery process"--
Through 15 chapters, this book describes the relationship between tobacco products and cancer, particularly the evolution of the science, how important discoveries were made, what is known today about how tobacco causes cancer, and approaches to reduce the risk of cancer due to tobacco use, focusing on the US. It addresses the history of the practices of tobacco manufacturing that led to high rates of cigarette smoking, the scientific methods used to make the association between tobacco and cancer, the elements responsible for causing cancer and the biological mechanisms leading to cancer, and future innovative policy approaches to reduce cancer mortality caused by smoking, including discussion of animal studies, carcinogens and toxicants in combusted and smokeless tobacco products, alternative nicotine delivery systems, nicotine metabolism and its role, ethnic differences in the risk of lung cancer related to cigarette smoking, chemoprevention of tobacco-associated lung cancer, the epidemiology of smoking and cancer, nicotine addiction and its treatment, and the role of tobacco regulation. Contributors work in health, cancer research, and other fields in the US. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
