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1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages :) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-376) and index. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Smoking -- Health aspects.
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Smoking -- Health aspects. |
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Nicotine -- Health aspects.
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Nicotine -- Health aspects. |
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Nicotine. |
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Cigarette smokers -- Attitudes.
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Cigarette smokers -- Attitudes. |
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Cigarette smokers. |
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Cigarette smokers -- Health risk assessment.
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Health risk assessment. |
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Risk perception.
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Risk perception. |
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Smoking -- Government policy.
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Smoking -- Government policy. |
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Smoking. |
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Smoking -- adverse effects. |
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Advertising -- methods. |
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Attitude to Health. |
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Health Policy. |
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Nicotine -- pharmacology. |
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Risk-Taking. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Slovic, Paul, 1938-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smoking. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2001 (DLC) 00012865 (OCoLC)45532400 |
| ISBN |
9781452267012 (electronic book) |
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1452267014 (electronic book) |
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9781452232652 (ebook) |
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1452232652 (ebook) |
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0761923802 (cloth) |
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0761923810 (paperback) |
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9780761923817 |
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9780761923800 (cloth) |
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