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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.
What do Young People Think they Know about the Risks of Smoking?
What do Young People Think they Know about the Risks of Smoking?
In this chapter we examine the first Annenberg Tobacco Survey to answer the question, How well are 14- to 22-year-olds able to report the risks of smoking? ...
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