Smoking
Subtitle: risk, perception & policy
By: Paul Slovic, editor
Contributors: Slovic, Paul, 1938-
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Smoking -- Health aspects; Nicotine -- Health aspects; Cigarette smokers -- Attitudes; Cigarette smokers -- Health risk assessment; Risk perception; Smoking -- Government policy
Other titles: Smoking :
Description: From the publisher: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-365) and index