Includes bibliographical references and index.

From Discarded Leaf to Global Scourge : The Extraordinary History of the Ascent of Tobacco and its Many Modes of Consumption / Barry A Finegan, Garrett J Finegan -- Cigarette Smoking. Components of a Cigarette / Andreas Zemann -- The Process of Cigarette Smoking / Jian Wang, Xing Li Wang -- Smoke Chemistry / Andreas Zemann -- Exposure to Tobacco Smoke / Andř Conrad -- An Epidemiological Appraisal of Smoking-Related Outcomes / Elke Munters, Tim S Nawrot -- Linking Cigarette Smoke Chemicals to Human Diseases and Pathophysiology. Smoking and Cardiovascular Diseases / David Bernhard -- Smoking and Cancer / Parimal Chowdhury, Stewart MacLeod -- Smoking and COPD and Other Respiratory Diseases / Thomas E Sussan, Shyam Biswal -- Smoking, Infectious Diseases and Innate Immune (Dys)function / David A Scott, Juhi Bagaitkar -- Smoking and Reproduction / Martina Prelog -- Smoking Tobacco and Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology and Diseases / Hitoshi Asakura -- Smoking and Oral Health / Eman Allam, Weiping Zhang, Cunge Zheng, Richard L Gregory, L Jack Windsor -- Smoking and Eye Diseases / Maria E Marin-Castąo, Marianne Pons -- Prevention and Treatment of Smoking-Induced Diseases. Smoking: Prevention and Cessation / Adam Csordas -- Interfering with Smoking-Induced Pathophysiology / Adam Csordas -- Summary / David Bernhard.

Smoking causes and contributes to a large number of human diseases, yet due to the large number of potentially hazardous compounds in cigarette smoke -- almost 5,000 chemicals have been identified, establishing the link between smoking and disease has often proved difficult. This unbiased and scientifically accurate overview of current knowledge begins with an overview of the chemical constituents in cigarette smoke, their fate in the human body, and their documented toxic effects on various cells and tissues. Recent results detailing the many ways components of cigarette smoke adversely affec.

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