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

Other author Slovic, Paul, 1938-
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2001.
Descriptionxiii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Smoking--Health aspects.
Nicotine--Health aspects.
Cigarette smokers--Attitudes.
Cigarette smokers--Health risk assessment.
Risk perception.
Smoking--Government policy.

Variant title Smoking : risk, perception, and policy
Contents Introduction. The risks of active and passive smoking / Jonathan M. Samet -- A profile of smokers and smoking / Patrick Jamieson and Daniel Romer. Perceptions of risk by adolescents and adults. What do young people think they know about the risks of smoking? / Patrick Jamieson and Daniel Romer -- The role of perceived risk in starting and stopping smoking / Daniel Romer and Patrick Jamieson -- Smokers' recognition of their vulnerability to harm / Neil D. Weinstein -- Cigarette smokers : rational actors or rational fools? / Paul Slovic. Media influence on smoking. Advertising, smoker imagery, and the diffusion of smoking behavior / Daniel Romer and Patrick Jamieson.
Contents Addiction. The nature of nicotine addiction / Neal L. Benowitz -- A visceral account of addiction / George Loewenstein -- The Catch-22 of smoking and quitting / Daniel Romer, Patrick Jamieson, and R. Kirkland Ahern. Legal and policy perspectives. The joint failure of economic theory and legal regulation / Jon D. Hanson and Douglas A. Kysar -- Tobacco and public health policy : a youth-centered approach / Richard J. Bonnie.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-376) and index.
LCCN 00012865
ISBN0761923802 (cloth)
ISBN0761923810 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks RC567 .R56 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold