Tobacco smoking / this publication presents the views and expert opinions of an IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Humans which met in Lyon, 12-20 February, 1985.
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TextSeries: IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans ; v. 38Publication details: Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1986. Description: 421 pISBN: 928321238XSubject(s): Smoking | Tobacco use disorderNLM classification: QZ 202Abstract: Cites well over 1000 published studies in an effort to identify all points of consensus or controversy surrounding the smoking-cancer link. Specific topics range from the role of tobacco in farm economics and international trade to a comparison of different methods and models for investigating health risks in nonsmokers exposed to sidestream smoke. The book opens with a review of changing trends in the production, harvesting, and curing of different types of tobacco, in the manufacturing and design of tobacco products, and in patterns of consumption in different parts of the world. The chapter also considers pharmacological explanations for the continued use of tobacco despite its well-documented hazards. The second chapter examines the chemical composition of more than 30 biologically active smoke components that have been studied in the laboratory for toxicity or carcinogenicity. Biological data relevant to the evaluation of carcinogenic risk are presented in the third chapter, which assesses results from both experimental studies and observations in humans. The book concludes with a review of epidemiological findings linking tobacco smoking to human cancers at nine organ sites. The epidemiology of cancers related to passive exposure to tobacco smoke is covered in a separate section.
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Cites well over 1000 published studies in an effort to identify all points of consensus or controversy surrounding the smoking-cancer link. Specific topics range from the role of tobacco in farm economics and international trade to a comparison of different methods and models for investigating health risks in nonsmokers exposed to sidestream smoke. The book opens with a review of changing trends in the production, harvesting, and curing of different types of tobacco, in the manufacturing and design of tobacco products, and in patterns of consumption in different parts of the world. The chapter also considers pharmacological explanations for the continued use of tobacco despite its well-documented hazards. The second chapter examines the chemical composition of more than 30 biologically active smoke components that have been studied in the laboratory for toxicity or carcinogenicity. Biological data relevant to the evaluation of carcinogenic risk are presented in the third chapter, which assesses results from both experimental studies and observations in humans. The book concludes with a review of epidemiological findings linking tobacco smoking to human cancers at nine organ sites. The epidemiology of cancers related to passive exposure to tobacco smoke is covered in a separate section.
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