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A tangible aspect of living, working, and travelling in the 21st century is the experience of moving between smoke-filled and smoke-free environments. In "Globalizing Tobacco Control", Roddey Reid examines what lies behind this experience: the revolution in public attitudes and health codes that regulate daily routines and the life of the body. While the gradual replacement of smoking with non-smoking as the social norm is a global phenomenon, it...
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"Tobacco Control Policy: Strategies, Successes, and Setbacks tells the stories of recent struggles, successes, and setbacks in six countries - Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Poland, South Africa, and Thailand - in which fervent and determined effort helped strengthen policies to reduce tobacco use. This collection of experiences in diverse economic, social, and political situations demonstrates the varied and important roles played by activists, health...
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Drug abuse is generally considered a victimless crime, but research shows that a disturbing number of babies are born each year addicted to drugs. This program presents case studies of two pregnant women, lifelong addicts, who have entered Methadone programs. We follow the women throughout their pregnancies and deliveries. Remarkably, Natricia delivers a baby who is drug-free, but 18 hours after birth, Kim's daughter must be given opium to relieve...
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Using 3-D animation, this program, divided into two parts, takes viewers on a journey deep into the brain to study the effects of three substances. The first part illustrates the major functions of the brain and shows how its principal cells, the neurons, communicate with each other through electrical and chemical signals. In the second part, animated molecules of nicotine, cocaine, and marijuana travel a route from the external environment through...
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