Smoking : risk, perception & policy / Paul Slovic, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Slovic, Paul, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smoking--Health aspects.

Smoking.

Nicotine--Health aspects.

Nicotine.

Cigarette smokers--Attitudes.

Cigarette smokers.

Cigarette smokers--Health risk assessment.

Risk perception.

Smoking--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 378 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Smoking : risk, perception, and policy

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The basis for this study are two extensive telephone surveys (designed by Slovic and the other contributors to this volume) that were conducted between 1999- 2000, recording the responses of over 4000 people.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I: INTRODUCTION; 1 - The Risks of Active and Passive Smoking; 2 - A Profile of Smokers and Smoking; Part II: PERCEPTIONS OF RISK BY ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS; 3 - What do young people think they know about the risks of smoking?; 4 - The role of perceived risk in starting and stopping smoking; 5 - Smokers' recognition of their vulnerability to harm; 6 - Cigarette smokers; Part III: MEDIA INFLUENCE ON SMOKING; 7 - Advertising, smoker imagery, and the diffusion of smoking behavior; Part IV: ADDICTION; 8 - The nature of nicotine addiction

9 - A visceral account of addiction10 The Catch-22 of Smoking and Quitting; Part V: LEGAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES; 11 - The Joint Failure of Economic Theory and Legal Regulation; 12 - Tobacco and Public Health Policy; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-376) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781322416656

1322416656

9780761923800

0761923802

9781452267012

1452267014

OCLC:

809772536