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PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH RISK AND SMOKING DECISIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE

✍ Scribed by Shelby Gerking; Raman Khaddaria

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
117 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
1057-9230

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✦ Synopsis

SUMMARY

Using the Annenberg Perception of Tobacco Risk Survey 2, this paper finds that perceived risk deters smoking among persons aged 14–22 years who think that it is relatively difficult to quit smoking and that onset of deleterious health effects occurs relatively quickly. Perceived health risk, however, does not affect the smoking status of young people who hold the opposite beliefs. These results are consistent with predictions of rational addiction models and suggest that young people, who view smoking as more addictive and health effects as more immediate, may have greater incentive to consider long‐term health effects in their decision to smoke. Copyright Β© 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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