|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910481008903321 |
|
|
Titolo |
Smoking [[electronic resource] ] : risk, perception & policy / / Paul Slovic, editor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-322-41665-6 |
0-7619-2380-2 |
1-4522-6701-4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (393 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Smoking - Health aspects |
Nicotine - Health aspects |
Cigarette smokers - Attitudes |
Cigarette smokers - Health risk assessment |
Risk perception |
Smoking - Government policy |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-376) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Cover; Contents; Preface; Part I: INTRODUCTION; 1 - The Risks of Active and Passive Smoking; 2 - A Profile of Smokers and Smoking; Part II: PERCEPTIONS OF RISK BY ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS; 3 - What do young people think they know about the risks of smoking?; 4 - The role of perceived risk in starting and stopping smoking; 5 - Smokers' recognition of their vulnerability to harm; 6 - Cigarette smokers; Part III: MEDIA INFLUENCE ON SMOKING; 7 - Advertising, smoker imagery, and the diffusion of smoking behavior; Part IV: ADDICTION; 8 - The nature of nicotine addiction |
9 - A visceral account of addiction10 The Catch-22 of Smoking and Quitting; Part V: LEGAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES; 11 - The Joint Failure of Economic Theory and Legal Regulation; 12 - Tobacco and Public Health Policy; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Index; About the Contributors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|