David Krogh "Smoking: The Artificial Passion."

This is THE one book which helped me quit smoking 12 years ago, after 20+ years of smoking up to 2 packs a day. Rational, analytical, non-judgmental, and insightful - this book does not chastise the smoker, but rather documents the psychological reasons why smoking is so addictive. No nagging, no coercing. Just simple facts about what nicotine and smoking does to the brain. Provides new insight into human behavior to analyze people's passion for tobacco and answer the mysterious question of why people continue to smoke when they know the medical consequences. Smoking is a habit fraught with intriguing paradoxes. How can the same cigarettes be relaxing now and a pick-me-up later? Why, in the fact of overwhelming medical advice, do so many people ignore the harmful consequences and continue smoking?

David Krogh's book is a lively and informative explanation of what is known about this passion for tobacco.

W.H. Freeman & Co; First Edition, 1991. Hardcover with DJ.

New book. Very minor shelf wear from rubbing. Book in excellent and technical condition.