Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Epidemiology of Tobacco Consumption
María Paz Bertoglia (School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile)
Chapter 2. Human Insecurity and Tobacco Consumption
Francisca Crispi, Gonzalo Cuadra, Nicolas Chomali, Muriel Febre and Paula Rojas (School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile)
Chapter 3. First, Second and Third Hand Tobacco Smoke: Measuring Exposure
Karen Domínguez Cancino and Victoria Ramos Brant (Public Nutrition Program School of Public Health, University of Chile, Chile, and others)
Chapter 4. Nonspecific Mechanisms of Disease Production
Camilo Sotomayor, Ignacio Cortés, Matías Libuy, Nicolás Valls, Kjersti Nes, and Juan Gmo Gormaz (Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile, and others)
Chapter 5. Harmful Effects of Tobacco from a Life Course Perspective
Abraham IJ Gajardo Cortez, Gonzalo Cuadra and Felipe De la Fuente (Postgraduate School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile, and others)
Chapter 6. Tobacco and Cancer
Juan G. Gormaz, Ignacio Cortés, Pablo Henríquez, Camilo Sotomayor, Abraham Gajardo, Kjersti Nes, and Marcia Erazo (School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, and others)
Chapter 7. Tobacco and Cardiovascular Disease
Kjersti Nes, Juan G. Gormaz, Rodrigo Carrasco, Ignacio Cortés, José Llano, and Nicolás Valls (Coronary Care Unit, San Juan de Dios Hospital, Santiago, Chile, and others)
Chapter 8. Tobacco and Respiratory Diseases
Carla Bertossi and Matías Libuy (School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile)
Chapter 9. Effectiveness of Interventions for Tobacco Control
Felipe de la Fuente, Francisca Crispi, and Matías Libuy (School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Chile)
Chapter 10. The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the Challenges to its Implementation
Armando Peruga and Paloma Cuchí (World Health Organization, Tobacco Free Initiative, Chile, and others)
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Index