Smoking: The Inside Story

Suitable for young people under pressure to smoke as well as teachers, parents and health professionals. To replace dying smokers in the UK, tobacco companies need 300 new recruits a day. Half of smokers are now recruited before the age of fifteen – and half are four times as likely to die of lung cancer as those who delay starting until their mid twenties. This book explains exactly both the immediate and long-term damage done by inhaling tobacco smoke. Supporting information includes the history, cultivation, economics, global/environmental and health aspects of tobacco, interviews with smokers, quitters and health professionals, quitting techniques and aids, passive smoking, smoking and pregnancy and information for parents on reducing a child’s risk of becoming a smoker.