The Smoker's Book of Health: How To Keep Yourself Healthier and Reduce Your Smoking Risks

Ferguson, Tom

ISBN 10: 0399131930 / ISBN 13: 9780399131936

Published by Putnam Adult, 1987

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This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Integrity of the book is in good condition with no missing pages. Pages can have minimal notes or highlighting. The dust jacket or box shows normal wear and tear. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Cover image on the book may vary. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Smoker's Book of Health: How To Keep Yourself Healthier and Reduce Your Smoking Risks
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399131930
• ISBN 13: 9780399131936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

Explains how smoking affects the mind and body, how to use exercise, stress management, proper nutrition, and social support to improve the smoker's health, new ways to stop, and dealing with the aftereffects of quitting

Reviews

Physician Ferguson (Medical Self-Care, etc.) gears this thorough book toward the "health-concerned" smoker, a target category that some nonsmokers will find oxymoronic. Ferguson doesn't lecture on the evils of the habit but offers impartial advice on ways smokers can reduce the risk of illness or death. His approach is evenhanded: he cites studies proving that regular exercise decreases death rates and others that repudiate those results but demonstrate that aerobic activity enables smokers to cut down or quit with greater facility. And "even though the evidence that selenium may help prevent cancer is very encouraging, smokers should not think of selenium supplements as a magic anti-cancer pill." The book is replete with intelligent, specific strategies to wean smokers from cigarettesemploying fruits and vegetables, placebos, stress-reduction ideas, peer support, a visit to a cancer ward, etc.and offers the controversial alternative of "controlled smoking," which includes reducing the number of cigarettes smoked and the portion of each cigarette smoked, and switching to a lower-nicotine brand. First serial to Self, Prevention and Medical Self-Care magazines; Prentice Hall Book Clubs alternate; author tour.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.