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Why do people smoke? Taking a unique approach to this question, Jason Hughes moves beyond the usual focus on biological addiction to demonstrate how sociocultural and personal understandings of smoking crucially affect the way people experience it.

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"Learning to Smoke makes very original arguments about the use of tobacco in Western societies. Mindful of major sociological theories and nicely supported by a wealth of historical documentation, this study will find an enthusiastic audience among both specialists and anyone interested in the smoking problem." - Howard Becker, University of California, Santa Barbara

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/02/2003
    ISBN13: 9780226359106, 978-0226359106
    ISBN10: 0226359107
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    Drugs and alcohol: social aspects Social and cultural anthropology

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Why do people smoke? Taking a unique approach to this question, Jason Hughes moves beyond the usual focus on biological addiction to demonstrate how sociocultural and personal understandings of smoking crucially affect the way people experience it.

    Trade Review
    "Learning to Smoke makes very original arguments about the use of tobacco in Western societies. Mindful of major sociological theories and nicely supported by a wealth of historical documentation, this study will find an enthusiastic audience among both specialists and anyone interested in the smoking problem." - Howard Becker, University of California, Santa Barbara

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