Why People Smoke: An Innovative Approach to Treating Tobacco Dependence

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction. Thinking About Tobacco Treatment: Where are we going? And how did we get here?
Part I. Knowing “What”
	Chapter 1. Ambivalence: Exploring the patient’s experience of ambivalence and understanding what it means to be of two minds.
	Chapter 2. Structure: Reviewing the parts of the brain involved in nicotine dependence and how exposure to nicotine can change their relationships.
	Chapter 3. Function: Operationalizing the molecular basis of a lifelong wiring problem.
	Chapter 4. Compulsion: Reframing tobacco use as the behavioral manifestations of a compulsive disorder.
	Chapter 5. Patterns: Understanding why the conscious brain can’t be more effective at creating change.
	Chapter 6. Device: Categorizing the ways in which the delivery device impacts the patient’s life.
Part II. Knowing “How”
	Chapter 7. Approach: Differentiating clinical approaches for creating behavioral change.
	Chapter 8. Escape: Recognizing the manifestations of ambivalence that require clinical management.
	Chapter 9. Medication: Reviewing the role of pharmacologic management as an important foundation for allowing the patient’s brain to “un-learn” smoking.
	Chapter 10. Management: Understanding important mediators and moderators of pharmacologic effect.
	Chapter 11. Routines: Dissecting the comfort of predictability and finding a path to behavior change.
	Chapter 12. Influence: Thinking about the hidden patterns and assumptions that influence decision-making.
Part III. Knowing “Who”
	Chapter 13. Organization: Embracing a broader vision for the way all of the pieces can work together.
	Chapter 14. Twenty Questions: Articulating answers to common questions related to tobacco dependence.
	Chapter 15. Lessons Learned: Integrating what you learned while reading this book.
Part IV. Knowing “More”
	Bibliography. Additional Reading and Useful References: Fun stuff to read. A selection of scientific studies, integrated  reviews, and fascinating books that went into writing this  book—and a way to expand on this foundation.
Index
Acknowledgments