Smoking : risk, perception & policy /

This book presents a counter-view, based on a survey of several thousand young persons and adults, probing attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and perceptions of risk associated with smoking. The authors agree that young smokers give little or no thought to health risks or the problems of addiction. The s...

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Otros Autores: Slovic, Paul, 1938-
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2001.
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245 0 0 |a Smoking :  |b risk, perception & policy /  |c Paul Slovic, editor. 
260 |a Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  |b SAGE Publications,  |c c2001. 
300 |a xiii, 378 p. :  |b il. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 343-376) e índice. 
505 0 |a I. Introduction: 1. The risks of active and passive smoking / Jonathan M. Samet -- 2. A profile of smokers and smoking / Patrick Jamieson and Daniel Romer -- II. Perceptions of risk by adolescents and adults: 3. What do young people think they know about the risks of smoking? / Patrick Jamieson and Daniel Romer -- 4. The role of perceived risk in starting and stopping smoking / Daniel Romer and Patrick Jamieson -- 5. Smokers' recognition of their vulnerability to harm / Neil D. Weinstein -- 6. Cigarette smokers : rational actors or rational fools? / Paul Slovic -- III. Media influence on smoking: 7. Advertising, smoker imagery, and the diffusion of smoking behavior / Daniel Romer and Patrick Jamieson -- IV. Addiction: 8. The nature of nicotine addiction / Neal L. Benowitz -- 9. A visceral account of addiction / George Loewenstein -- 10. The Catch-22 of smoking and quitting / Daniel Romer, Patrick Jamieson, and R. Kirkland Ahern -- V. Legal and policy perspectives: 11. The joint failure of economic theory and legal regulation / Jon D. Hanson and Douglas A. Kysar -- 12. Tobacco and public health policy : a youth-centered approach / Richard J. Bonnie -- Appendix. 
520 |a This book presents a counter-view, based on a survey of several thousand young persons and adults, probing attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and perceptions of risk associated with smoking. The authors agree that young smokers give little or no thought to health risks or the problems of addiction. The survey data contradicts the model of informed, rational choice and underscores the need for aggressive policies to counter tobacco firms' marketing and promotional efforts and to restrict youth access to tobacco. 
650 0 |a Smoking  |x Health aspects. 
650 0 |a Nicotine  |x Health aspects. 
650 0 |a Cigarette smokers  |x Attitudes. 
650 0 |a Cigarette smokers  |x Health risk assessment. 
650 0 |a Risk perception. 
650 0 |a Smoking  |x Government policy. 
650 7 |a Hábito de fumar  |x Aspectos de salubridad.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Nicotina  |x Aspectos de salubridad.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Fumadores  |x Actitudes.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Fumadores  |x Evaluación del riesgo para la salud.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Percepción del riesgo.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Hábito de fumar  |x Política gubernamental.  |2 UDESA 
700 1 |a Slovic, Paul,  |d 1938-