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Amazon.com Books: nicotine addiction
Addiction destroys lives. In The Addicted Brain, a leading neuroscientist explains how and why this happens–and presents advances in treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Michael Kuhar, Ph.D., shows the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can cause, revealing why it can be so difficult for addicts to escape their grip.
In plain English, Kuhar describes why some people are far more susceptible to addiction than others. He illuminates striking neural similarities between drugs and other pleasures potentially capable of causing abuse or addiction–including alcohol, gambling, sex, caffeine, and even Internet overuse. Finally, he outlines the 12 characteristics most often associated with successful treatment.
Authoritative and easy to understand, The Addicted Brain offers today’s most up-to-date scientific explanation of addiction–and what addicts, their families, and society can do about it. Author: Michael Kuhar Hardcover: 240 pages Company: FT Press (2011-11-12) ISBN: 0132542501 List Price: $29.99 Amazon Price: $18.52 Used Price: $18.92 
In 2008 Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking celebrated its 25th anniversary in the knowledge that it has become the global leader in the field of drug-free smoking cessation. There are currently over 100 clinics in 38 countries and a publishing programme with sales of over 13 million books in 50 countries. The organisation continues to grow rapidly and the method is conservatively estimated to have cured more than 10 million smokers worldwide.Despite the phenomenal success and popularity of the method, Allen Carr's Easyway remains ignored by the Government and unavailable on the NHS which prefers to supply nicotine to addicts at taxpayers' expense via gums, patches etc and so perpetuates the addiction. In fact, the pharmaceutical industry, aided and abetted by the government and other public institutions and funded by the taxpayer, is now competing with the tobacco industry to supply the nicotine-addicted market. In this book, Allen Carr exposes this scandal and reveals the influence that the mind-bogglingly rich and powerful pharmaceutical industry exerts over Government policy, the medical establishment and public health charities. The Nicotine Conspiracy is the book the the Government, the Department of Health, ASH, QUIT, the NHS and the National Institute for Clinical Health and Excellence DO NOT WANT YOU TO READ. Author: Allen Carr Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook Company: Arcturus Publishing (2008-03-11) (2008-03-11) List Price: $3.99 Amazon Price: 
An in-depth look at addiction science and medical treatments for drug abuse.Author: Dirk Hanson Paperback: 472 pages ISBN13: 9781439212998, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Company: BookSurge Publishing (2009-04-12) (2009-04-12) ISBN: 1439212996 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $15.57 Used Price: $9.49 
In this powerful and illuminating new series, a team of journalists was commissioned to analyze and comment on the major substances that are seen by society as addictive and ultimately bad for our health.Author: Karen Farrington Paperback: 200 pages Company: Sanctuary Publishing (2002-10-25) ISBN: 1860744192 List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $1.60 Used Price: $0.01 
A personal guidebook that leads smokers through the nicotine cessation program. Question and answer activities combined with information allow us to explore how smoking has subtly shaped our values, attitudes, and beliefs. By better understanding the nature and rituals surrounding smoking, we can develop a long-term program to quit and stay quit. This is part of the Quit & Stay Quit Nicotine Cessation Program. A simple, thorough, proven program to help people at any stage of nicotine use tackle the addiction--and possibly save their lives. What the Nicotine Cessation Program offers: -Imparts vital information about the nature and dangers of -Enhances treatment outcomes with a multiformat program -Helps providers reach more clients in less time--flexible, -Supports a variety of counseling scenarios, including -Improves the odds of implementing a successful smoke- -Reduces the risk of relapse for chemically dependent Author: Terry A Rustin M.D. Paperback: 196 pages Company: Hazelden (1996-04-16) (1996-04-16) ISBN: 1568381093 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $2.15 Used Price: $0.01 
Nicotine is almost universally believed to be the major factor that motivates smoking and impedes cessation. Authorities such as the Surgeon General of the USA and the Royal College of Physicians in the UK have declared that nicotine is as addictive as heroin and cocaine. This book is a critique of the nicotine addiction hypothesis, based on a critical review of the research literature that purports to prove that nicotine is as addictive drug. The review is based on a re-examination of more than 700 articles and books on this subject, including animal and human experimental studies, effects of `nicotine replacement therapies', and many other relevant sources. This review concludes that on present evidence, there is every reason to reject the generally accepted theory that nicotine has a major role in cigarette smoking. A critical examination of the criteria for drug addiction demonstrates that none of these criteria is met by nicotine, and that it is much more likely that nicotine in fact limits rather than facilitates smoking.Author: Hanan Frenk, Reuven Dar Hardcover: 244 pages Company: Springer (2000-10-15) ISBN: 0792372255 List Price: $206.00 Amazon Price: $164.00 Used Price: $151.99 
Cigarette smoking is estimated to lead to 4.9 million premature deaths per year worldwide. This is predicted to rise to 10 million by 2020. In western countries it kills half of all smokers who fail to stop.The prevailing model for tobacco addiction is that nicotine from cigarettes rewards smoking and punishes abstinence, tapping into a motivational system of operant conditioning that requires no conscious awareness. However, there are also accounts which involve cognitive biases and the effect of nicotine on impulse control. The brain pathways involved have been studied extensively, but the role of different nicotine receptor subtypes and other neurotransmitter systems is still subject to debate. In western countries, cigarette smoking as an adult has a heritability of 30-50% and candidate genes have been identified that may contribute in part to addiction susceptibility. Many socio-cultural correlates of cigarette smoking have been established, but a comprehensive model that accounts for these and links them with the psychobiological aspects of nicotine addiction has not been forthcoming. Structured behavioural support programmes aid cessation attempts, as do a number of pharmacotherapies, most notably nicotine replacement treatments and bupropion, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This book deals with the problems involved in understanding and treating nicotine and tobacco addiction. Topics covered include the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking, the psychodynamics of cigarette addiction, and the basic pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain. Further chapters analyse the genetic basis of susceptibility to nicotine addiction. Finally, the contributors address approaches to therapy. A continuing theme in the discussions throughout the book is how best to treat nicotine addiction, given that many smokers would like to stop smoking but are unable to do so because of their addiction. This book will be of great value to all psychologists and psychiatrists working on addiction, specifically to nicotine but also to other compounds and behaviours. It will also be of interest to neuroscientists and pharmacologists working on nicotine receptors and the brain pathways involved in dependence, as well as to biochemists, molecular biologist and to public health officials. Author: Novartis Foundation Hardcover: 284 pages Company: Wiley (2006-06-14) ISBN: 0470016574 List Price: $184.95 Amazon Price: $143.76 Used Price: $129.95 
It's a fun book. It's informative. It Could Help You Stop Smoking. So, do you wanna give up smoking, or not? Cos there's no room here for half-hearted wimps. If you don't really wanna do it, put the effing book back and stop wasting my time and your money. This is it! Forget the patches and the gum, and use supermarket shelf products to replace the sensation smoking brings to your body's most sensitive receptor; your tongue. This is the answer. Now is the time to give up for good, in one of the most pleasant ways possible. Your favourite rock songs; and maybe even some air-guitar playing to get those demons out of your system will also help you through when times get tough. So, what are you waiting for? The author, Alan Burridge smoked his first untipped Woodbine cigarette, lit from a burning car tyre in a neighbourhood friend's back garden, when he was 12. Once bitten, forever smitten, as they say, and from the age of 16 he averaged 15 to 20 a day for 38 years. Giving it up for open heart surgery to replace a hereditary faulty heart valve was not easy, and he still uses the methods described in this book today to keep him on track. Going to gigs played a large part in his life, and still does; and Cream, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix, were big influences on his early life. Since 1980 he has been the fan club boss for Motorheadbangers; Motorhead's official worldwide fan club, so he knows what being a rocker is all about.Author: Alan Burridge Paperback: 52 pages Company: emp3books (2010-11-05) ISBN: 1907140220 List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: $2.99 Used Price: $11.81 
This complete resource brings together personal stories of recovery, Twelve Step guidance, and 90 daily meditations to help us become nicotine-free. If Only I Could Quit is written by one of Hazelden's most popular meditation authors and a recovering nicotine addict.Author: Karen Casey Paperback: 320 pages Company: Hazelden (1996-07-01) (1987-05-01) ISBN: 0894864386 List Price: $13.95 Amazon Price: $9.09 Used Price: $0.01 |
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| See Also: Nicotine Abuse, Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Withdrawal |
