Smoking and the Lung

Abstract

Smoking and the Lung , coedited by G. Cumming and G. Bonsignore, is a collection of 24 reports on the health effects of cigarette smoking presented at the Seventh Course of the International School of Thoracic Medicine, held in October 1983. The symposium was attended by international scientists; a large proportion were from the British Isles (60% of the chapter authors). The papers were presented in a symposium format, and each presentation, with figures and tables, is the basis for a separate chapter of the book. Following each chapter is the edited discussion that transpired between the presenter and other members of the symposium. An index to the volume is also included. Although cigarette smoking is recognized as a respiratory irritant and its effects on lung secretions and lung cells have been studied and extensively reported on for both animal models and humans, this book is a refreshing presentation of both