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Author : Linda C. Hancock
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Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Perceptions of Cigarette Smoking and Tobacco Use in College Students written by Linda C. Hancock and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet for schools, medical personnel, and parents contains highlights from the 2012 Surgeon General's report on tobacco use among youth and teens (ages 12 through 17) and young adults (ages 18 through 25). The report details the causes and the consequences of tobacco use among youth and young adults by focusing on the social, environmental, advertising, and marketing influences that encourage youth and young adults to initiate and sustain tobacco use. This is the first time tobacco data on young adults as a discrete population have been explored in detail. The report also highlights successful strategies to prevent young people from using tobacco.
Author : Vaishnavi Paripally
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Total Pages : 78 pages
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Download or read book Perception of Harm in UWL International Undergraduates on Smoking Tobacco written by Vaishnavi Paripally and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract. Cigarette smoking among college students continues to be a major health concern in the United States. Studies showed that peer influences, weight control behavior, depression, anxiety, and stress are significant predictors of cigarette smoking among college students. With increases in use, there is concern among public health officials as to whether e-cigs represent a "gateway" to future tobacco cigarette smoking and whether e-cigs will lead to nicotine addiction among youth. The other side of this argument supports the concept of e-cigs as a harm reduction product to reduce cigarette smoking, resulting in e-cigs being marketed as "safer" alternatives to cigarette smoking. College students are included in the age group 18-24 shown to be at increased risk for using nontraditional tobacco products, including e-cigs. College students are often drawn to novel products and are generally more accepting of e-cig use in public compared with cigarette smoking. Objective. The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study is to better understand the perception of international undergraduate students at UW-La Crosse regarding the harm associated with smoking tobacco. Participants. A total of 22 International Undergraduate students from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse participated in the study in March of 2017. Participants completed a web-based questionnaire consisting of demographic items as well as items related to perception of harm by smoking tobacco. Methods. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the frequency and percentage. Results. According to the survey e-cigarettes were perceived as having the least amount of risk, followed by hookah and cigars, cigarillos, and then cigarettes. Students who perceived a continuum of cigarette-related harm were consistently more likely to perceive e-cigarettes as less harmful than conventional cigarettes compared to those with a consistently high perception of cigarette harm. Such findings suggest that many students may be susceptible to e-cigarette use. Hookah and electronic cigarettes were the most favorably perceived products, which may reflect the effective efforts to market these products as safe and socially acceptable. E-Cigarettes and Hookah seem to have particularly high appeal among this population, with very high positive perceptions in terms of low perceived harm to health as well as high social acceptability. Furthermore, e-cigarettes and hookah were the most commonly used tobacco products daily and less than monthly. Conclusions. The present study provides information regarding perceptions of harm to health by smoking various tobacco products. E-cigarette was generally perceived to be the least harmful, with cigar's and hookah closely following. Cigarettes and cigarillos were perceived as the most negatively and more harmful to health. Future research is needed to document reasons for these perceptions as well as to document the true nature of health risks. Doing so will inform the development of public health campaigns and interventions to alter these perceptions related to the use of these tobacco products.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309103827
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ending the Tobacco Problem written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-10-27 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation has made tremendous progress in reducing tobacco use during the past 40 years. Despite extensive knowledge about successful interventions, however, approximately one-quarter of American adults still smoke. Tobacco-related illnesses and death place a huge burden on our society. Ending the Tobacco Problem generates a blueprint for the nation in the struggle to reduce tobacco use. The report reviews effective prevention and treatment interventions and considers a set of new tobacco control policies for adoption by federal and state governments. Carefully constructed with two distinct parts, the book first provides background information on the history and nature of tobacco use, developing the context for the policy blueprint proposed in the second half of the report. The report documents the extraordinary growth of tobacco use during the first half of the 20th century as well as its subsequent reversal in the mid-1960s (in the wake of findings from the Surgeon General). It also reviews the addictive properties of nicotine, delving into the factors that make it so difficult for people to quit and examines recent trends in tobacco use. In addition, an overview of the development of governmental and nongovernmental tobacco control efforts is provided. After reviewing the ethical grounding of tobacco control, the second half of the book sets forth to present a blueprint for ending the tobacco problem. The book offers broad-reaching recommendations targeting federal, state, local, nonprofit and for-profit entities. This book also identifies the benefits to society when fully implementing effective tobacco control interventions and policies.
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Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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ISBN 13 : 9781082814914
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (149 download)
Download or read book E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: a Report of the Surgeon General written by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tobacco use among youth and young adults in any form, including e-cigarettes, is not safe. In recent years, e-cigarette use by youth and young adults has increased at an alarming rate. E-cigarettes are now the most commonly used tobacco product among youth in the United States. This timely report highlights the rapidly changing patterns of e-cigarette use among youth and young adults, assesses what we know about the health effects of using these products, and describes strategies that tobacco companies use to recruit our nation's youth and young adults to try and continue using e-cigarettes. The report also outlines interventions that can be adopted to minimize the harm these products cause to our nation's youth.E-cigarettes are tobacco products that deliver nicotine. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance, and many of today's youth who are using e-cigarettes could become tomorrow's cigarette smokers. Nicotine exposure can also harm brain development in ways that may affect the health and mental health of our kids.E-cigarette use among youth and young adults is associated with the use of other tobacco products, including conventional cigarettes. Because most tobacco use is established during adolescence, actions to prevent our nation's young people from the potential of a lifetime of nicotine addiction are critical.E-cigarette companies appear to be using many of the advertising tactics the tobacco industry used to persuade a new generation of young people to use their products. Companies are promoting their products through television and radio advertisements that use celebrities, sexual content, and claims of independence to glamorize these addictive products and make them appealing to young people.
Author : Yen Tzu Chen
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Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Examining Hookah Use Among U.S. College Students written by Yen Tzu Chen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hookah smoking has become a popular form of tobacco use among college students. However, there is limited research exploring the risk factors associated with hookah use among this population. This study examined two risk factors, harm perceptions and beliefs about government evaluation of hookah, associated with current use of hookah among 18-24 year old college students, and looked at differences between current hookah users and non-users on cigarette smoking status, various demographic characteristics, and the two risk factors (harm perceptions and beliefs). Participants were 5,028 university students aged 18-24 (M age = 20.5 years; 59.6% female) from seven public universities within a larger university system. Students completed an online survey, which assessed their knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors related to hookah use. In this sample, 10.8% of participants reported current or past 30-day hookah use. There were differences between current hookah users and non-users on cigarette smoking status, gender, race/ethnicity, harm perceptions, as well as beliefs about government evaluation of hookah. Cigarette smokers, males, non-Hispanic White students, students reporting lower harm perceptions regarding hookah use, and those who believed the government evaluates hookah for safety were significantly more likely than their peers to be current hookah users. Results from a logistic regression analysis indicated that after controlling for cigarette smoking status, gender, and race/ethnicity, harm perceptions of hookah use, but not beliefs about government safety evaluation of hookah, was associated with an increased likelihood of current hookah use. Cigarette smoking was the strongest correlate of current hookah use; current cigarette smokers were seven times more likely than non-smokers to have used hookah in the past 30 days. Findings point to the necessity of educating college students, particularly cigarette smokers, about the dangers of hookah use. Additionally, tobacco prevention and cessation programs should be implemented in order to reduce initiation and continued use, and it is important to educate college student smokers about the dangers of dual use of this product with cigarettes.
Author : Michael D. Sawdey
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Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Perceived Peer Smoking Status and Actual Smoking Among US College Students written by Michael D. Sawdey and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: To determine the association between perceived smoking among peers and smoking status among US College attending youth. Methods: we analyzed data from the American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment II survey administered to college students throughout the United States. We performed bivariate and multivariate analyses to determine if higher smoking prevalence was associated with higher levels of perceived smoking among subjects' peers. We controlled for gender, age, risk behaviors such as types of substance abuse, and various other demographic factors. Results: Students who reported higher perceived smoking status among their peers are 2.11 times more likely (CI 1.92- 2.21) to be smokers. In addition, behaviors such as being an alcohol user, illicit drug user, marijuana user, hookah user, or user of other tobacco products were associated with smoking among subjects. Males had a higher rate of self-reported smoking than females (13.78% to 9.89%), as did Whites and American Natives (12.21% & 13.26%), those aged 22-24 (14.37% compared to 10.57% for ages 18-21), and being diagnosed with depression in the last year (18.86% compared to no diagnosis 9.69%). Discussion: Smoking prevalence among college students may be associated with perception of peer behavior. Adolescents in general often overestimate the smoking prevalence of their peers, and this could be affecting the social norm among the non-smoking population entering college. Various national surveys of college-age populations show that smoking prevalence is no longer in a steady decline. This is of concern due to the college experience being an important period for the establishment of lifelong health behaviors. Many studies focus on high school years, but college students experience multiple life changing events that take place in a short period of time that could make them susceptible to smoking initiation. National smoking rates among adults continue to decline overall, but the college-aged population does not seem to be following suit. Additional interventions to alter perceptions of peer smoking should be explored as part of college health programs. One of these is to establish smoke-free college campuses. This could potentially reduce peer perceptions of smoking and also eliminate the environmental contamination of campuses with discarded butts.
Author : United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General
Publisher : Office of the Surgeon General
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Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Women and Smoking written by United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General and published by Office of the Surgeon General. This book was released on 2001 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second report from the U.S. Surgeon General devoted to women and smoking. Includes executive summary, chapter conclusions, full text chapters, and references.
Author : Shelli L. Budavich
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Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (525 download)
Download or read book College Students' Perceptions about Smoking and Its Effects on the Voice written by Shelli L. Budavich and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309170362
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescents obviously do not always act in ways that serve their own best interests, even as defined by them. Sometimes their perception of their own risks, even of survival to adulthood, is larger than the reality; in other cases, they underestimate the risks of particular actions or behaviors. It is possible, indeed likely, that some adolescents engage in risky behaviors because of a perception of invulnerabilityâ€"the current conventional wisdom of adults' views of adolescent behavior. Others, however, take risks because they feel vulnerable to a point approaching hopelessness. In either case, these perceptions can prompt adolescents to make poor decisions that can put them at risk and leave them vulnerable to physical or psychological harm that may have a negative impact on their long-term health and viability. A small planning group was formed to develop a workshop on reconceptualizing adolescent risk and vulnerability. With funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Workshop on Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability: Setting Priorities took place on March 13, 2001, in Washington, DC. The workshop's goal was to put into perspective the total burden of vulnerability that adolescents face, taking advantage of the growing societal concern for adolescents, the need to set priorities for meeting adolescents' needs, and the opportunity to apply decision-making perspectives to this critical area. This report summarizes the workshop.
Author : Mitchell Wayne Jenkins
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ISBN 13 : 9781303795572
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (955 download)
Download or read book Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Choices on Smoking Behavior Among College Students who Smoke Cigarettes written by Mitchell Wayne Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines the impact certain healthy lifestyle choices had on smoking behavior among college students who smoke cigarettes. Even with continued reduction in prevalence, cigarette smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in America. With that in mind, it is important to continue to identify factors that relate to decreased tobacco usage. Secondary data from the American College Health Association's bi-yearly National College Health Assessment was used for this study. This assessment/survey encompasses college students' habits, behaviors, and perceptions regarding prevalent health topics. The sample for this study consisted of 14,515 college students who identified themselves as having smoked within the last 30 days. Fruit and vegetable intake per day, days per week of vigorous exercise, Body Mass Index, and exercisers trying to lose weight were the healthy lifestyle choices this study related to smoking behavior. It was found that 1) college students who ate zero fruits and vegetables per day were likely to smoke 2.31 more days per month than those who ate five or more per day, 2) for every day per week a smoker partook in vigorous exercise, they smoked 0.76 days fewer per month, 3) for every one unit increase in participants Body Mass Index, an increase of 0.06 in days smoked per month can be expected, 4) College students who are not currently exercising to lose weight smoke 2.11 more days per month than those students who are currently exercising to lose weight. Overall, the majority of healthy lifestyle choices considered in this study significantly impacted the amount of days per month a college smoker, smoked cigarettes.
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Author : Jillian Beth Giesler
Publisher : University of Waterloo
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Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (613 download)
Download or read book An Examination of Smoking-Related Behaviours and Self-Perceptions, and the Role of School Connectedness in Predicting Cigarette Use Among Students at an Ontario University [electronic Resource] written by Jillian Beth Giesler and published by University of Waterloo. This book was released on 2005 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background. Post-secondary institutions account for more smokers than any other occupational setting in Canada (Hammond, 2005). Unfortunately, little is known about tobacco use among this distinct population of students. The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of smoking and patterns of cigarette use among undergraduates at the University of Waterloo. The current study also sought to investigate the role of school connectedness in predicting students' smoking behaviours, and to explore the relation of student smoking status as determined by a behavioural measure and self-reported smoking status. Methods. A secondary analysis of data collected using the University of Waterloo Tobacco Use Survey (2004) was employed for this research. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequencies, means, and percentages), non-parametric statistics (chi-square and Cohen's kappa), principle components factor analysis and logistic regression in order to serve the exploratory purposes of the study. Results. Overall, 17.55% of the respondents reported current cigarette use (3.37% daily; 14.18% non-daily). Although most (85.5%) students' self-perceptions remained as 'nonsmokers who never smoke' from university entrance to the study date, a greater proportion of students made a negative change in their self-perceived smoking status over this time period than a positive change (10.13% vs. 4.38%, respectively). Among students who perceived themselves as 'nonsmokers who never smoke' or 'ex-smokers' at university entrance, being more academically engaged predicted making a negative change in ones' self-perceived smoking status (OR= 1.924, CI95= 1.064-3.480). Finally, the proportion of non-daily smokers differed between the two measures of smoking status. Many students classified as 'occasional smokers' using the behavioural measure actually perceived themselves as 'nonsmokers who smoke sometimes'. Discussion. The results of this study provide valuable new insights into smoking among Canadian university students. Students who are more academically engaged may be at risk of initiating smoking, perhaps as a means of stress reduction. Furthermore, the adult measure of occasional smoking typically used in tobacco research may be insufficient to inform tobacco control efforts for this population as it results in different proportions of non-daily smokers when compared against students' self-perceived smoking status. The findings of this exploratory research await replication with larger samples and different measures. Implications of the results for practice and further research are discussed. Conclusions. This strategy of assessing connectedness to school shows promise in predicting post-secondary students' cigarette smoking behaviours. The results also provide support for continued investigation into the best ways to measure and assess current cigarette use in this unique population.
Author : Michael D. Sawdey
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Socioecological Aspects of Tobacco Use in College Populations written by Michael D. Sawdey and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Although cigarette smoking is decreasing in the US and among college students, tobacco use remains a major public health problem. Specific socioecological gaps in the literature related to college tobacco use exist including: trends of tobacco use, combinations of polysubstance use, and availability of tobacco products around college campuses. Objectives: The main goal of this research was the understand interrelationships that exist within a socioecological framework of college tobacco use. Specifically, this project aims to: 1) examine trends of tobacco and polytobacco use by gender and associations of polytobacco use and perceived peer tobacco use, 2) examine specific combinations of polysubstance use and how the resulting profiles of use differ by gender, and 3) evaluate tobacco retailer density around college campuses and in neighborhoods of Richmond, VA. Methods: Two chapters of this project use data from the National College Health Assessment II from 2008-2015. The third chapter uses data collected from electronic cigarette brand websites to geospatially examine tobacco retailers in the Richmond Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Various statistical analyses were utilized to complete each project including linear, logistic, and negative binomial regression, latent class and confirmatory factor analysis, and spatial analysis. Results: Trends of some tobacco products among US college students declined while others remained stable from 2008-2015. Nearly 1 in 4 college students used a tobacco product and nearly 1 in 10 were polytobacco users. Alcohol and marijuana use remained stable. Specific classes of polysubstance users were found to exist between males and females, in addition to sociodemographic and institutional associations with polysubstance use by gender. College campuses in the Richmond area were found to have a substantial number of tobacco retailers and retailer density was higher in low socioeconomic status neighborhoods. Conclusions: The findings from the three different studies fill extensive gaps in the literature related to trends of college tobacco use, differences in classes of polyuse by gender, and availability of tobacco around college campuses. Overall, while tobacco use is declining, there are still a substantial proportion of college students who use tobacco and other substances and products appear to be readily available.
Author : National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
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Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Cigars written by National Cancer Institute (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies upward trend in cigar use as potential serious public health problem.
Author : Darrien Adam James Skinner
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Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book Examining Social Norm Beliefs about Traditional Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes Among U.S. Sexual Minority College Students written by Darrien Adam James Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: Sexual Minority (SM) young adults, 18 – 24 year olds who identify their sexuality as anything other than heterosexual, are one minority that is well documented to have higher tobacco use rates than heterosexual young adults. However, very little research examines the social norm beliefs associated with smoking cigarettes or vaping electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS; commonly referred to as e-cigarettes, JUULs, vape pens, etc.), held by the SM college age population compared to heterosexual peers. The purpose of the present study was to determine if 1) SM young adults have more favorable social norms about cigarette and ENDS use than heterosexual peers and 2) if social norms account for, or potentially mediate, the disparity in cigarette and ENDS use in SM young adults. More accepting injunctive and descriptive social norms were each hypothesized to explain, or mediate, the association between SM identity and subsequent cigarette or ENDS use. Methods: In spring 2018, online surveys were administered via email to college students at seventeen public universities in Texas; 10,213 18-24 year old young adults (M age = 20.4; 64.6% female sex assigned at birth; 48.3% Hispanic, 27.5% non-Hispanic White, 7.2% non- Hispanic Black, 12.7% non-Hispanic Asian, and 4.2% other race/ethnicity) met criteria to be included in this study. Surveys assessed current/past-30 day tobacco use behavior (cigarettes and ENDS), SM identity, injunctive normative perceptions of tobacco use (perceived acceptability of behavior), and descriptive normative perceptions of tobacco use (perceived peer behavior). Path analysis was used to determine if the potential association between SM status and current cigarette or ENDS use is mediated by social norm perceptions (injunctive norms and descriptive norms) about cigarette or ENDS use. Separate models were examined for current cigarette use and for current ENDS use. Results: SM young adults reported higher prevalence of cigarette and ENDS use, and more accepting injunctive norm beliefs about cigarette or ENDS use than their heterosexual peers. There were no differences between the two groups on descriptive norm beliefs. Results from path analyses indicated that only injunctive norm beliefs about cigarette or ENDS use significantly mediated the associations between SM identity and current cigarette or ENDS use, respectively, while controlling for age, sex, race and other tobacco product use. Descriptive norm beliefs were significantly associated with current cigarette or ENDS use, but SM status was not associated with descriptive norm beliefs. Conclusion: Findings from this study suggest that it is important to address tobacco use among the SM young adult population. Tobacco prevention and control initiatives should focus efforts on changing injunctive norm beliefs, or perceived peer acceptability of cigarettes or ENDS, about tobacco use in the community of SM young adults instead of allocating more resources to address descriptive norm beliefs, or prevalence of peer use of cigarettes or ENDS
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Total Pages : 66 pages
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Download or read book Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Use written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
