Smoking Cessation with Weight Gain Prevention: Facilitator Guide: A Group Program

by Bonnie Spring

Book Overview

Cigarette smoking is the single greatest preventable cause of death, disease, and disability in the United States. It is the number one cancer killer of women, surpassing breast cancer. More than 70% of smokers have expressed a desire to quit, but are unable to do so alone. Independent cessation is extremely difficult, with a long-term success rate of 3-9%.Couple this difficulty with the fact that many female (and some male) smokers do not even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195314026
• ISBN13: 9780195314021
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.7"