The Impact of Active and Passive Smoking upon Health and Neurocognitive Function

• Main Author: Thomas Heffernan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Active smoking; neurocognitive; Health; E-cigarettes; passive smoking; Smoking Cessation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for a number of chronic diseases, including a variety of cancers, lung disease and damage to the cardiovascular system. The World Health Organization recently calculated that there were 6 million smoking-attributable deaths per year and that this number is due...