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Petter Lundborg. Photo.

Petter Lundborg

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Petter Lundborg. Photo.

Smoking, information sources, and risk perceptions - New results on Swedish data

Author

  • Petter Lundborg

Summary, in English

Using data on Swedish adolescents, this study examines (1) perceptions of the addictiveness and mortality risk of smoking, (2) the effects of these perceptions on smoking behaviour, and (3) the role of various smoking risk information sources. The average respondent believed that 46 out of 100 smokers would die from diseases caused by their smoking. As to addictiveness perceptions, the average respondent believed that 68 out of 100 smokers trying to quit would not succeed. Both a higher perceived addictiveness and a higher perceived mortality risk were negatively related to smoking participation. The results showed substantial variation in the weight that the teenagers attached to the various information sources.

Department/s

  • Centre for Economic Demography

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

217-240

Publication/Series

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volume

34

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Keywords

  • risky behaviour
  • young people
  • smoking
  • risk perception

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1573-0476