Understanding Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction
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 o…
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Weitere Autoren: Goode, Jamie A. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-470-02922-0
- EAN: 9780470029220
- Produktnummer: 13928093
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 284 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'913 KB
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The Novartis Foundation is an international scientific and educational charity which promotes the study and general knowledge of science and in particular encourages international co-operation in scientific research.
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