Title

Perceptions Of Health Risk And Smoking Decisions Of Young People

Keywords

Cigarette smoking; Difficulty in quitting smoking; Immediacy of health effects; Perceived risk of lung cancer mortality

Abstract

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 © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Publication Title

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volume

21

Issue

7

Number of Pages

865-877

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1760

Socpus ID

84861981698 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84861981698

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